# Medicinal products for human use: information on products subject to medical prescription

European Parliament procedure 2008/0256(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee ENVI / IMCO / ITRE). Stage: Procedure lapsed or withdrawn. 348 committee amendments tabled by 23 Members between 2010-02-18 and 2010-05-25.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns information on medicinal products for human use subject to medical prescription. The amendments include rejection of the Commission proposal and provisions maintaining the ban on advertising prescription medicines to the general public while distinguishing advertising from non-promotional information, keeping national competent authorities and health-care professionals as the main sources, and allowing marketing authorisation holders to make available approved summaries of product characteristics and package leaflets, referencing Directive 2001/83/EC.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles PARGNEAUX | France | S&D | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96948.md |
| Anja WEISGERBER | Germany | PPE | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28227.md |
| Thomas ULMER | Germany | PPE | 54 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28221.md |
| Carl SCHLYTER | Sweden | Verts/ALE | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28139.md |
| Peter LIESE | Germany | PPE | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1927.md |
| Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK | Slovakia | PPE | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28178.md |
| Elena Oana ANTONESCU | Romania | PPE | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96702.md |
| Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS | Germany | ALDE | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28243.md |
| Jiří MAŠTÁLKA | Czechia | GUE/NGL | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23704.md |
| Horst SCHNELLHARDT | Germany | PPE | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1930.md |
| Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES | Spain | PPE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4326.md |
| António Fernando CORREIA DE CAMPOS | France | S&D | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96975.md |
| Philippe JUVIN | France | PPE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96884.md |
| Nessa CHILDERS | Ireland | S&D | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96603.md |
| Linda McAVAN | United Kingdom | S&D | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2327.md |

## Official source documents

- PE439.168: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-439.168+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE439.868: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-439.868+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE441.215: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-441.215+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2008-0256-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2008-0256-COD.json

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