Manufacture of Homoeopathic Preparations

Rubrik: GMP / GLP / GCP

(Treffer aus pharmind, Nr. 03, Seite 388 (2014))

Lipinski A | Beck-Dreschel A | Wehausen R | Hering J | Orth H | Striebel P | Steinhoff B

Manufacture of Homoeopathic Preparations / Quality standards for raw materials and applicability of GMP requirements for the manufacture of homoeopathic preparations · Lipinski A, Beck-Dreschel A, Wehausen R, Hering J, Orth H, Striebel P, Steinhoff B · ¹ Homöopathisches Laboratorium A. Pflüger GmbH & Co. KG, Rheda-Wiedenbrück und Hevert-Arzneimittel GmbH & Co. KG, Nussbaum und Wala Heilmittel GmbH, Bad Boll und Weleda AG Heilmittelbetriebe, Schwäbisch Gmünd und DHU Arzneimittel GmbH & Co. KG, Karlsruhe und Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH, Baden-Baden und Bundesverband der Arzneimittel-Hersteller e. V. (BAH), Bonn (all in Germany)
Homoeopathic medicinal products are characterised by specific particularities. They contain one or more homoeopathic preparations as active substances/active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). They are produced from raw materials of natural or synthetic origin using specific homoeopathic manufacturing procedures, e. g. according to the European Pharmacopoeia or in the absence thereof to the German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HAB). This publication intends to demonstrate that for the different groups of raw materials used for the production of homoeopathic medicinal products, appropriate quality standards are followed. Furthermore it will be shown for which process steps GMP requirements are obligatory. Apart from the particularities of homoeopathy, Article ...