Regulation 18 Written material accompanying promotions
No person shall send or deliver to persons qualified to prescribe or supply relevant medicinal products as part of the promotion of a relevant medicinal product any written material relating to that product unless it—
includes essential information compatible with the summary of product characteristics,
contains the particulars specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2, and
states the date on which it was drawn up or last revised.
No person shall include any information in written material to which paragraph (1) applies which is not accurate, up-to-date, verifiable or sufficiently complete to enable the recipient to form his own opinion of the therapeutic value of the product to which the documentation relates.
No person shall include in written material to which paragraph (1)
applies any quotation, table or other illustrative matter taken from a medical journal or other scientific work unless it is accurately reproduced and the precise sources of the information indicated.