Article 275. Unauthorised Pharmaceutical Activities
1. A person who, without an authorisation, manufactures medicines or medicinal substances for the purpose of handling them, where the use thereof could have posed a threat to human health or life, also a person who handles these pharmaceutical products shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
2. A person who, without an authorisation, manufactures medicines or medicinal substances for the purpose of handling them, also a person who handles these pharmaceutical products, where the use thereof results in a person’s death or a severe impairment to a person’s health shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
3. The acts provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be criminal also where they have been committed through negligence.
4. A person shall be held liable under paragraph 2 of this Article only where the acts provided for have been committed through negligence.
5. A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
