2101

Pharmaceutical and Chemical Medicinal Product Industry

This subcategory includes: - Pharmaceutical active substance industry for pharmacological use in the pharmaceutical industry, such as antibiotics, vitamins, salicylic and o-acetylsalicylic acid, and others. - Blood processing. - Medicinal product material industry, such as antisera and other blood fractions, vaccines, and homeopathic preparations. - Contraceptive product industry for external use and hormonal contraceptive drugs. - Medical diagnostic equipment industry, including pregnancy tests. - Radioactive in-vivo diagnostic substance industry (radio-pharmaceutical production industry). - Biotechnology pharmaceutical industry. This subcategory also includes: - Pure chemical sugar industry. - Gland processing and gland extraction industry and others. - Medical pads, bandages, and similar products industry. This subcategory does not include: - Herbal infusion/processing industry (mint, chamomile, and others), see 1076. - Dental cement and dental filling industry, see 3250. - Bone reconstruction cement industry, see 3250. - Wholesale pharmaceutical trade, see 4644. - Retail pharmaceutical trade, see 4772. - Pharmaceutical research and development, including biotechnology pharmaceuticals, see 7210. - Pharmaceutical packaging, see 8292.