With the regulations published in the Official Gazette numbered 32169 and dated April 20, 2023, comprehensive amendments were made to the legislation on the use of health claims for food and food supplements and the use of nutrition claims. Thus, the Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Nutrition Claims under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Regulation on Health Claims for Food and Food Supplements under the authority of the Agency, has entered…
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The Agency first announced on its official website on 4 January 2024, that the Guidelines on Scientific Meetings and Educational Activities to be Conducted within the Scope of the Regulation on the Sales, Advertisement and Promotion of Medical Devices (“Guidelines”) was amended, and that the most significant change introduced by the amendment to the Guideline is the collection of fees by the Agency for scientific meetings and applications for educational activities. According…
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The Regulation on the Promotional Activities of Pharmaceutical Products for Human Use (“Promotion Regulation”), dated July 3, 2015, regulates the promotional activities of medicinal products for human use.
Under the Promotion Regulation, any advertisement of products to the general public, whether directly or indirectly, through any public media or communication channels, including the Internet, is prohibited. Pharmaceutical products may be promoted only to physicians…
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Named Patient Programs (“NPP”) is one of the exceptional pharmaceutical importation regimes for products that are not authorized or authorized but unavailable in the Turkish market for various reasons.
In cases where a product does not have marketing authorization in Türkiye or has marketing authorization but cannot be found on the market, and patients need the product in question, it is possible to procure the pharmaceutical via this method upon the request of a physician.…
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Due to the rapid increase in the current exchange rates, pharmaceutical prices have been one of the most controversial issues in Türkiye in 2023. The price of medicines for sale are set under the Decision on Pricing of Human Medicinal Products (“Decision”) and the Communiqué on the Pricing of Human Medicinal Products (“Communiqué”) of September 29, 2017, issued by the Ministry, which is vested with the competencies to regulate this area.
The Decision provides a reference…
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In disputes arising from the termination of the employment agreement by the employer, although the issue of whether the employment agreement is terminated with just cause or valid reason does not have an impact in terms of the evaluation of the reinstatement request, it is crucial in terms of requesting employment claims.
Yet, when the employment agreement is terminated with a valid reason or just cause, the reinstatement request shall be rejected in both cases, whereas the…
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