BfArM - Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices

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Medicinal products

Evaluating benefit. Minimising risks.

Tasks

Both marketing authorisation and registration of medicinal products belong to the main tasks of the BfArM. Medicinal products are substances that are used to treat diseases, to relieve complaints, or to prevent such diseases or complaints in the first place. This definition applies regardless of whether the medicinal product is administered to humans or to animals. The substances can act both within or on the body. The legal definition of medicinal products is laid down in Section 2 of the German Medicinal Products Act (Arzneimittelgesetz, AMG).

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