Purchasing or referencing organizations in the pharmaceutical sector and supplier’s billing: a useful reminder of the CEPC
In a Notice No. 17-9 dated May 11, 2017 relating to the issuance of invoices by the suppliers to the grouping structures for the purchase of medicines, the Commercial Practices Review Board proceeded with a useful reminder. There are two possible types of business for a buyers’ group:
- « either it engages in the purchase for the account and on behalf of its partners, members or affiliates and can then act as referrer or commission agent for the purchase,
- it buys in its name and on its behalf medicines for the wholesale distribution to its members pharmaceutical establishments.