2017/0161/F
EC/EFTA
FR France
  • C10P - Produits pharmaceutiques
2017-07-26
2017-04-28
Medicinal products for human use

Decree laying down the maximum duration for the authorised prescription of antibiotics

The present draft decree is issued pursuant to Article 146 of Law No 2016–41 on the modernisation of the health system, which creates Article L5132-10 of the French Public Health Code: ‘For reasons of public health and especially to prevent the emergence of resistance to antibiotic medicinal products containing one of the substances mentioned in this chapter, regulatory measures shall be taken to combat resistance to said medicinal products.’ The purpose of this draft decree is to regulate the procedures for the prescription of antibiotics.

It limits the length of initial prescriptions of antibiotics to seven days.