Singapore legislation
Regulation 9
of Health Products (Advertisement of Specified Health Products) Regulations 2016
Regulation 9
Requirements for advertisement of unregistered specified health products
Subregulation 1
An advertisement of a specified health product that is not registered under the Act must —
be in the form of an article in a medical or scientific journal, review or publication;
be made in the course of providing or exchanging scientific or medical information at, and in accordance with the published programme or agenda of, a scientific conference or forum that is a private event; or
be made at a pharmaceutical trade fair, pharmaceutical trade exhibition, scientific conference or scientific forum that is a private event, for a specified health product that is approved, licensed or registered in at least one country outside Singapore, and contain a statement that the specified health product is not registered in Singapore.
Subregulation 2
In addition, any advertisement of a specified health product that is not registered under the Act may contain a representation concerning the intended purpose or efficacy of the specified health product, provided that the representation has been verified by objective evidence.
Subregulation 3
In paragraph (1), a reference to a private event is a reference to an event —
that is not open to attendance by the general public; and
at which the specified health product, which is the subject of the advertisement mentioned in paragraph (1), is not sold or offered for sale, and is not given out or offered as a sample.