France is generally known for its high quality and also highly regulated healthcare system. As an EU Member State, France has implemented the EU medicines and medical devices regimes. This chapter should therefore be read in conjunction with the EU chapter and will focus on the specifics of the French regulatory regime. France has codified the essential rules on medicines and medical devices in the French Public Health Code, which encompasses both statutory and regulatory provisions.

Originally published in Life Sciences Law Review, 10th Edition - February 2022.