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The Guideline on Clinical Trial Applications to the Clinical Trials Department of the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“Guideline”), published by the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency, regulates in detail the Initial Eligibility Application, Amendments to Trials, […]

Turkish Medicine and Medical Devices Agency (“TMMDA”) has published two announcements concerning the market surveillance and inspection activities by the Department of Cosmetic Products (“Department”) from the beginning of July until the end of September 2023 with regard to […]

The Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“TİTCK“) published the “Announcement on Products Not Evaluated under Medical Device Regulations” (“Announcement“) prepared by the Medical Devices Approved Organization and Clinical Research Department on October 30, 2023. The Announcement provides information […]

The Regulation on Food Additives in the Turkish Food Codex (“Regulation”) is introduced in Official Gazette dated 13 September 2023 and numbered 32338 (Duplicate). The Regulation which has been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (“Ministry”) in […]

Patents are a crucial component of intellectual property protection because they foster innovation and creativity while defending the rights of inventors. Patents grant exclusive rights to inventors or innovators for a limited period of time. The patent holder has […]

The Constitutional Court, upon the appeal of Trabzon 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance, took into consideration the institution of Deferment of the Announcement of the Verdict (“DAV”) and decided to annul all provisions regarding it. DAV, which is […]

 1. Intellectual Property Rights and Granting Procedure  1.1 Types of Intellectual Property Rights The Turkish legal system provides for “patents” and “utility models” for the protection of inventions. Both of these forms of protection are based on statutory law, […]

Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (“TITCK”) published the Guideline for Issuance of “Pharmaceutical Product Certificate”, “Free Sale Certificate” and “Pharmaceutical Product License Status Statement” (“Guideline”) on 11 January 2022. Detailed information about the Guideline can be found in […]

Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Safety of Medicines (“Amendment Regulation”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 21 July 2022 and numbered 31899 and entered into force on the same date. Accordingly, the definition of the “medicine” has […]

In Turkey, pharmaceutical products for human use cannot be marketed unless they are authorized by the Ministry of Health (“MoH”). In order to grant pharmaceutical license and marketing authorization, MoH requires pharmaceutical companies to submit the results of their […]