Turkey Poised To Stretch Consumer Health Market; Rigid On Ads, Access
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet
Executive Summary
Some 80 pharmaceutical and vitamin products already are available nonprescription in parts of Turkey, but a proposal in development for almost two years would be the country's first regulation for sales of consumer health care products.
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