21100

Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products

Explanatory Note

Title: Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products Includes the manufacture of products of natural or synthetic origin, obtained through a process chemical or biological, for pharmaceutical use such as: salicylic acids and acetylsalicylic acids; sulfamides or sulfonamides; chemically pure sugars; vitamins and provitamins; hormones and steroids; heterooxides; natural and synthetic plant alkaloids; antibiotics; glands, extracts of glands or other organs or their secretions; toxins, cultures of microorganisms and similar products. It also includes treatment activities of the blood and the production of pharmaceutical active substances which, due to their properties pharmacological, are used in the manufacture of medicines. Does not include:  Manufacture of plant protection products (20200);  Research into active substances to be used in the manufacture of medicines (7210);  Blood collection (86991);

This subclass is part of the Portuguese Classification of Economic Activities (CAE-Rev.4), used for tax and statistical purposes in Portugal.

Parent class: 2110 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products

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