Amendment of the advertising rules contained in the Medicinal Product Statute
Publication: pbbr
Author: Rita Roque de Pinho | Rita Serpa Viana
Date: 19 May 2021
Today was published Decree-Law No. 36/2021, of May 19 ("DL 36/2021"), which changed the legal regime of medicines enshrined in the Medicinal Product Statute (Decree-Law No. 176/2006, of August 30 in its current wording) with regard to advertising. In particular, DL 36/2021 prohibits advertising of discounts on the price of medicinal products whose advertising is already prohibited under the law.