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Important legal changes in Belgium's healthcare sector

05/12/2018

On 16 November 2018, a new law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette containing various new measures in the healthcare sector. This law introduces important changes affecting different areas of health law and includes, inter alia, new rules related to the distribution of pharmacies, a reduction in the fine for retailers that violate the tobacco advertising ban, a new legal base for mandatory electronic prescriptions and a new regulation on the information professionals provide to the public about their healthcare practices.

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Portrait ofBruno Fonteyn
Bruno Fonteyn
Senior Associate
Brussels
Delphine Phan