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Section 34Sec./Art. 34
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Physicians Sample. - Pharmaceutical products given or intended to be given free to any health professional by a manufacturer or distributor or its professional service representative as part of its program or promotion shall not be sold to any pharmaceutical outlet or the consuming public.
The statement "Sample, Not for Sale", or its equivalent, shall appear conspicuously on the primary and secondary packaging of the drug or combination products (medical device and drug) classified as drug according to the primary intended mode of action to be given. It shall be unlawful to remove, erase, deface or mark the original labels of samples.
Pharmaceutical products classified as antimicrobials, including anti-TB medicines and other classifications of medicines, as may be prescribed by the FDA, shall not be given or distributed as physicians samples.
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