Key legal question
Whether the ointment was a magistral formula exempt from marketing authorization.
Extracted holding
The ointment was not a permissible magistral formula because it was produced in batches for many patients, on the basis of collected orders, not as individualized prescriptions for a specific person or narrowly defined group.
Extracted reasoning
Article 9(2)(a) HMG requires an individual, prescription-based preparation. Mass or stock-like production, even if only after orders are received, exceeds that concept. The alleged target group was far too broad.