LEXICON
No.10 October 4, 2010

Fair Trade Council of the Ethical Pharmaceutical Drugs Marketing Industry
医療用医薬品製造販売業公正取引協議会(Kotorikyo)
Fair Competition Code
公正競争規約
JPMA Promotion Code for Prescription Drugs
医療用医薬品プロモーションコード

This council was created by the ethical drugs marketing industry in 1984 in order to administer the Fair Competition Code (concerning Restriction on Premium Offers in Ethical Pharmaceutical Drugs Marketing Industry) ((医療用医薬品製造販売業における景品類の提供の制限に関する)公正競争規約)) voluntarily introduced by the Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers'...

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