supply of pharmaceutical products - this procedure is not subject to public procurement law. it is an open house procedure. in the interests of transparency and the broadest possible information for interested pharmaceutical companies, this announcement is made in the supplement to the official journal of the european union. insofar as formulations are used in the context of this announcement which indicate the award of a public contract, this is solely due to the specifications of this announcement form. neither this nor the use of the "ted" medium is associated with submission to public procurement regulations, the validity of which is not mandatory by law or public procurement regulations and the case law of the european court of justice.