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Detailed information on IFA attributes can be found in the guidelines Richtlinien zur Meldung von Artikel- und Adressdaten.
You can find all IFA guidelines here. Please note that all information in the guidelines is given in German only.
The ABDA – Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists is the umbrella organisation of pharmacists in Germany. Its aim is combining and bringing forward the common interests of this healthcare profession.
ABDATA Pharma-Daten-Service, a business branch of Avoxa – Mediengruppe Deutscher Apotheker GmbH develops and produces medicinal product data for different areas of the health care industry.
These IFA attributes are used to notify the overrule of deduction in accordance with § 130a Abs. 1 SGB V following an agreement according to § 130b Abs. 1 Satz 4 SGB V corresponding § 130a Abs. 8 SGB V resp. according to § 130a Abs. 1a SGB V following an agreement according to § 130b Abs. 1 Satz 4 SGB V corresponding § 130a Abs. 8 SGB V.
This IFA attribute is used to notify the level of exemption according to § 130a Abs. 4 SGB V of the medicinal product, provided it is claimed.
This IFA attribute is used to notify the level of exemption according to § 130a Abs. 3a SGB V of the medicinal product, provided it is claimed.
This IFA attribute is used to notify the level of exemption according to § 130a Abs. 1 bzw. 1a SGB V of the medicinal product, provided it is claimed.
ACS PharmaProtect GmbH has been made system operator by securPharm e. V. in the context of implementing the FMD. It is responsible for the contractual and technical connection of pharmaceutical entrepreneurs concerned in the German pharmaceutcial market (ACS-PU-System).
The IFA attribute Apothekeneinkaufspreis des pharmazeutischen Unternehmers – AEP PPU is used to display the pharmacy purchase price of the pharmaceutical entrepreneur for medicinal products with reimbursement in accordance with § 130b SGB V.
For these medicinal products, the AEP PPU may vary from the AEP. It is calculated from its PPU in accordance with AMPreisV and does not contain VAT.
The IFA attribute Apotehekneinkaufpreis – AEP is used to display the pharmacy purchase price. It does not include VAT.
The IFA product type Ärztemuster gemäß AMG is used to notify medicinal products that are dispensed as physician sample in accordance with AMG.
The IFA attribute Aktualisierungsfrequenz is the update frequency of IFA information services passed on to IFA data recipients per year.
The purpose of the German Arzneimittelgesetz – AMG is to ensure safety in the marketing of medicinal products, in particular for quality, effectiveness and harmlessness, in the interests of the proper supply to humans and animals.
Arzneimittelkommission der Deutschen Apotheker – AMK is an institution of ABDA. It gathers phamrmacists' suspicious transactions regarding medicinal products' quality and adverse drug reaction.
The German Arzneimittelpreisverordnung – AMPreisV determins prices and price ranges in the trade of prescription-only medcinal products and veterinary medicinal products in Germany.
The IFA attribute AMPreisV AMG is used to display prices according to § 78 AMG for prescription-only medcinal products.
The IFA attribute AMPreisV SGB V is used to display prices according to § 129 Abs. 5a SGB V – respective AMPreisV effective 31.12.2003 – for pharmacy-only, not rescription-only, medcinal products.
A supplier within the meaning of IFA GmbH is a company that markets pharmacy typical products in Germany. The Anbieter can be manufacturer, distributor or importer.
In case of a change in marketing of a product from one to another supplier, product data/PZN and notification rights can be passed onto the new supplier whilst retaining the PZN. Anbieterwechsel may also be called PZN-Übertrag.
The Apothekennotdienstsicherstellungsgesetz – ANSG is an act to fund pharmacies to be open during night-time. Thus, the additional charge for prescription-only medicinal products is raised by 16 cent in pharmacies.
The IFA attribute Anthroposophikum is used to notify registered or authorised medicinal products manufactured according to approved anthroposophic production techniques.
Apothekenbetriebsordnung – ApBetrO regulates a secure and good supply of medicinal products via pharmacies. This includes manufacturing, testing and storage of medicinal products but also its dispense, consulting and informing patients.
This IFA distribution channel is used to notify products that are sold through pharmacies.
This IFA attribute apothekenpflichtig is used to notify medicinal products or medical devices respectively that are pharmacy-only.
The IFA attribute Abgabepreis des pharmazeutischen Unternehmers – APU is used to display the wholesale price. For other pharmacy typical products, the APU is the selling price of the supplier. It does not include VAT.
This IFA attribute APU § 78 Abs. 3a Satz 1 AMG is used to display the wholesale price of the supplier according to § 78 Abs. 3a Satz 1 AMG of medicinal products with reimbursement.
This price matches the level of reimbursement according to § 130b SGB V of medicinal products and does not include VAT.
The IFA attribute Artikel-Nr. is used to display a product number assigned to the product by the supplier.
Artikelidentifizierende Merkmale | Product Identify. Character.
A PZN's product identifying characteristics are Produktbezeichnung | shortened product name, Packungsgröße (Menge und Einheit) | packages size, Darreichungsform | pharmaceutical form, attribute Arzneimittel and Artikeltyp | product type. These attributes uniquely identify a product of a sepcific supplier.
The IFA attribute Arzneimittel mit Erstattungsbetrag § 130b SGB V is used to notify medicinal products with a reimbursement (§ 130b SGB V).
Tha IFA attribute Arzneimittel is used to notify medicinal products (Fertigarzneimittel) according to § 2 Abs. 1, Abs. 2 Nr. 1 AMG.
The IFA attribute Ausnahme nach § 52b Abs. 2 Satz 3 AMG – no dispense to pharmaceutical wholesalers – is used to notify medicinal products, that are exempt from the obligatory dispense to pharmaceutical wholesalers.
The IFA attribute Ausnahmereg. § 51 AMG – exemption from dispense in travel trade – is used to notify not pharmacy-only medicinal products that are exempt from the prohibition according to § 51 AMG.
The IFA distributive state außer Vertrieb – AV is used to notify products that are marked permanently as discontinued by the supplier. These products will no longer be marketed, remaining quantities in the market may still be sold.
PZN/products marked as AV must not be reactivated.
The IFA attribute Apothekenverkaufspreis des pharmazeutischen Unternehmers – AVP PPU is used to display the pharmacy retail price of the pharmaceutical entrepreneur for medicinal products with reimbursement in accordance with § 130b SGB V.
For these medicinal products, the AVP PPU may vary from the AVP. It is calculated from its PPU in accordance with AMPreisV and contains VAT.
The IFA attribute Apothekenverkaufspreis – AVP is used to display the pharmacy retail price. It includes the VAT.
BAH – Bundesverband der Arzneimittel-Hersteller e. V.
The German BattG – batteries act aims to reduce the environmental impairments and regulates the distribution, return and disposal of batteries and accumulators. All batteries are affected; never mind their shape, size, mass, composition or usage and for those used in other products (§ 1 Abs. 1 BattG).
The IFA attribute BattG/UBA is used to notify products that are subject to the compulsory notification according to BattG and thus notified to Umweltbundesamt – UBA.
The IFA attribute bezugnehmende Zulassung als Generikum is used to notify generic medicinal products according to § 24b Abs. 2 AMG.
BfArM is the federal institute within the ministry of health dealing with marketing authorisations and registrations of medicinal products.
Among other tasks, BfArM deals with pharmacovigilance, centralised risks gathering of medical devices, monitoring the legal marketing of BtM and advising the government.
The IFA attribute BfArM-Eingangs-Nr. is used to display the submission number issued by BfArM during the marketing authorisation process of a medicinal product.
The IFA attribute biologisches Arzneimittel is used to notify biological medicinal products within the meaning of the Leitfadens zur Definition des Generikaabschlages.
This notification is necessary to determine the compulsory deduction according to § 130a Abs. 3b SGB V, the so-called Generikaabschlag.
Biotechnol. hergestelltes Arzneimittel | Biotechnological Med.P.
- procedure on the basis of hybridoma technology and Verfahren auf der Basis von Hybridomen und monoclonal antibodies.
Tha IFA attribute Biozid is used to notify registered biocidal products.
Biocidal products are used for pest control or disinfection – thus products that are not applied to alive crop.
The Bundesopiumstelle – BOPST is one of 13 departments at the BfArM (Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices). It governs the marketing of narcotics on the basis of BtMG.
This IFA attribute is used to display the BOPST-Nr. of narcotics. The number has 8-digits and is issued by the BOPST.
BPI is the German stakeholder for companies in the pharmaceutical industry.
The IFA attribute Betäubungsmittel – BtM is used to notify narcotic drugs according to § 1 BtMG or ausgenommenen Zubereitungen according to § 3 in connection with § 2 BtMG.
The German narcotic drugs act – BtMG regulates handling and external trade with BtM.
The IFA attribute CE-Kennzeichnung is used to notify that the product bears a CE marking in accordance with § 9 MPG. According to § 6 MPG, medical devices must bear a CE marking to be marketed.
The IFA attribute cmr-Gefahrstoff is used to notify products (including medicinal products) that contain one or more ingredients (including active agents) that are on their own or in combination cancerogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic according to GefStoffV.
The IFA attribute Darreichungsform is used to display the pharmaceutical form (technologisch-pharmazeutische Zubereitung) in which medicinal products or drug-similar products are dispensed such as pill. Medicinal product's pharmaceutical form is stated in section 3 of the Fachinformation.
Datenbezieher within the meaning of IFA GmbH are companies (i. e. pharmaceutical wholasalers, software providers) that receive and handle IFA Informations Services.
Datennutzer within the meaning of IFA GmbH are people, institutions and companies that analyse but not pass on IFA Information Services (i. e. pharmaceutical wholesalers, pharmacies, physicians).
The IFA attribute Diätetikum is used to notify dietary supplements either in accordance with § 31 Abs. 5 SGB V or other dietary supplements.
Dietary foods within the meaning of DiätV are food products for special medical purposes (bilanzierte Diäten).
The IFA attribute Diff. PPU-APU § 78 Abs. 3a Satz 1 AMG additionally displays the difference between PPU and Abgabepreis gemäß § 78 AMG for medicinal products if both are notified.
The IFA attribute Droge/Chemikalie is used to notify substances within the meaning of § 3 AMG that are generally used to manufacture medicinal products.
EAD files are used to notify product data changes such as price changes or discontinuing a product (AV – außer Vertrieb) fast and easily. You may order different EAD files from our website Request the current EAD or Product Range File.
Information in German on working with EAD files can be found in our guidelines Richtlinien zur Meldung von Artikel- und Adressdaten.
The European Article Number is the former name of the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN). It provides an internationally unique product identification for commercial articles.
The IFA attribute EG-Kosmetik-Verordnung is used to notify cosmetics that are subject to the EG-Kosmetikverordnung.
EG-Cosmetics-Regulation contains guidelines to protect human health referring i. a. to mark cosmetics, transportation and storage.
The IFA attribute Eichung is used to notify products that are subject to mandatory calibration. Laufzeit der Eichung is used to display the month until the product needs to be calibrated again.
The IFA attribute sonstiger Einzelhandel is used to notify that the product is sold through other retail trade such as Drogerien, Reformhäuser, Sanitätshäuser etc.
ElektroG regulates the placing on the market, return and environmentally friendly disposal of electric appliances and electronics.
The IFA attribute ElektroG/ear is used to notify products whose manufacturer is subject to compulsory registration with stiftung ear according to ElektroG.
The IFA attribute ElektroStoffV is used to notify electronics and electric appliances according to ElektroStoffV. These products call for special marking and validation of the marking by the supplier.
ElektroStoffV describes which toxic substances to what concentration may be containted in electronics.
EMA is an EU agency that evaluates applications of medicinal products' marketing authorisations – so-called Zentrale Zulassungen – and working to achieve pharmacovigilance.
emvo's task within the scope of implementing the FMD is coordinating the verification on a European level. It hosts the European hub organising verification queries from European countries.
The Erfassungsintervall is the period in which data of publications or product changes are processed for one IFA information service.
The IFA attribute EU-Bio-Siegel is used to notify products that are subject to the EG-Öko-Basisverordnung and thus bear an EU organics-seal.
The IFA attribute Explosivgrundstoff is used to notify products that are substances in accordance with the regulation's appendix to Art. 2 (EU) Nr. 98/2013.
According to § 4 (1) of the AMG, finished medicinal products are medicinal products which are produced in advance and are marketed in packs suitable for users or other medicinal products for users of which are manufactured in an industrial or, with the exception of pharmacies, commercial way. Finished medicinal products are not intermediates, which are intended for further processing by a manufacturer.
The IFA attribute Feuchteempfindlichkeit is used to notify products that need special storage due to their moisture sensitivity.
The EU predetermined measures to protect patients against falsified medicinal products in the legal supply chain.
Legal basis are FMD 2011/62/EU (Falsified Medicines Directive) and the delegated regulation (EU) 2016/161.
From 09.02.2019 onwards, pharmaceutical entrepreneurs may market medicinal products obliged to verification only once they bear the two mandatory security features. Further information on implementing the FMD can be found here or in IFA GmbH's FAQ section.
The ordinance GefStoffV is in place to protect humans and the environment against hazardous substances.
It is also directed at marketing of hazardous substances and activities that may harm peoples' health or security by being exposed to substances, mixtures or products.
Generics are original medicinal products of the same type, active agent and pharmaceutical form but no longer subject to patent protection (cf. § 24b AMG).
A Generikaabschlag according to § 130a Abs. 3b SGB V is a manufacturer discount which legal warranty is regulated in § 130a SGB V.
The IFA attribute Gewicht is used to display the product's gross weight meaning the actual contents including its packing in gramme (rounded up to whole number).
All suppliers marketing medicinal products professionally must hold a Großhandelserlaubnis according to § 52a AMG. Marketing is trading, acquiring, storage and dispense or export of medicinal products according to § 4 Abs. 22 AMG.
The IFA attribute GTIN – formerly EAN – is used to display the code for the product. It is used globally to identify a product of a specific colour, size, etc.
All pharmaceutical entrepreneurd manufacturing medicinal products in accordance with § 2 AMG must bear a Herstellungserlaubnis according to § 13 AMG. Manufacturing includes production, preparation and approval of medicinal products.
The IFA attribute HiMi z. Verb. is used to notify products that are Hilfsmittel zum Verbrauch according to SGB V. In contrast to Hilfsmitteln according to SGB V without further specification, Hilfsmittel zum Verbrauch are for onetime use only. This attribute is important for additional payments and thus affects patients directly. Further information on this topic can be found here.
The IFA attribute Homöopathikum is used to notify registered or authorised medicinal products that are manufacturered according to approved homeopathic preparation methods.
The IFA database contains legal and logistic product data of medicinal products and other pharmacy typical products notified by the supplier.
These product data provide the requirements for the participants within the healthcare sector such as physicians, pharmacies, pharmaceutical wholesalers and health insurances to properly fulfil their tasks in the market in accordance to legal prerequisites.
IFA information service contains new and changed product data of the IFA database as raw data. They are provided to the data recipients usually 10 respectively 5 working days prior to the publication date.
Impfstoffabschlag nach § 130a Abs. 2 SGB V (vaccine deduction) is one of the Herstellerabschläge, which legal guarantee is regulated in § 130a SGB V.
The IFA attribute Import-AM is used to notify re- or parallel imported medicinal products with special regulations according to SBG V.
Products with the distributive state im Vertrieb – IV are actively available in the pharmaceutical market and marketed by the supplier.
The IFA attribute Krankenhausapothekeneinkaufspreis – KHAEP is used to display the hospital pharmacy purchase price. It does not include VAT.
The IFA product type Klinikbaustein is used to notify clinic components, the smallest unit of a clinic pack.
The IFA product type Klinikpackung is used to notify clinic packs which are dispensed to hospitals exclusively.
The IFA attribute Kombinationspackung is used to notify combination packs of medicinal products consisting of more than one finished medicinal product.
The IFA attribute Kontrazeptivum is used to notify contraceptive medicinal products or medical devices used for borth control.
The IFA attribute Kühlkette is used to notify products very susceptible to temperature. These products must be kept in an uninterrupted cold chain during storage and transport.
The IFA attribute Krankenhausapotheken – KVA is used to notify that the product is sold through hospital pharmacies.
The IFA attribute Lageempfindlichkeit is used to notify products that must be stored either upright or horizontal due to their position sensitivity.
The IFA attributes Lagerungstemperatur minimal and Lagerungstemperatur maximal are used to display minimal and maximal storage temperatures in degree Celsius meant for products with specific storage instructions.
These IFA attributes Länge, Höhe, Breite are used to display the product's package size in millimetre – including the outer pack.
The IFA attribute Lebensmittel is used to notify Nahrungsergänzungsmittel, Diätetika or other food stuff marketed in accordance with LFGB.
German Lebensmittel-, Bedarfsgegenstände- und Futtermittelgesetz – LFGB act regulates consumer protection and food safety for both humans and animals.
The IFA attribute Lichtempfindlichkeit is used to notify products that must be stored specifically due to their sensitivity when exposed to sunlight or light.
The IFA attribute Lifestyle-AM is used to notify lifestyle medicinal products according to SGB V. Lifestyle mit Ausnahmeregelung might be reimbursed whereas Lifestyle ohne Ausnahmeregelung will not be reimbursed by the GKV.
The IFA distribution state Löschung – LÖ is used to notify products that were deleted from IFA Information Services by the supplier. The deletion will mark the product and its data as deleted or will delete it from all databases for IFA Data Recipients to identify.
The IFA attribute Medizinprodukt gemäß § 3 MPG is used to notify medical devices in accordance with § 3 MPG.
The IFA attribute Medizinprodukt gemäß § 31 Abs. 1 Satz 2 SGB V is used to notify medical devices that are arzneimittelähnlich/stofflich according to SGB V.
The IFA attribute Melderegister-Nr. UBA is used to display the products registration number with UBA according to BattG. This 8-digit number indicates that the product has been lawfully notified with UBA.
Processing a notification order for a desired publication date is subject to a complete order being submitted to IFA GmbH by the relevant notification deadline. The IFA Publication Calendar states all publication dates along with their notification dedalines.
The IFA attribute Mindestbestellmenge is used to notify the minimum order quantity for the PZN.
MPG regulates the implementation of EU regulation 90/385/EWG for active implementable medical devices, 93/42/EWG for medical devices and 98/79/EG for in-vitro diagnostic products on a national basis.
The IFA attribute Mehrwertsteuer is used to display the percentage of VAT applicable to the product.
The IFA attribute Nahrungsergänzungsmittel – NEM is used to notify food supplements according to NemV.
Nahrungsergänzungsmittelverordnung – NemV regulates which food stuff are defined as NEM and states approved substances. Moreover it provides specifications on notification and disposal of NEM.
Netzgesellschaft Deutscher Apotheker mbH – NGDA develops and runs the pharmacy server at pharmacists' and other market participants' disposal in reference to FMD 2011/62/EU and the delegated act (EU) 2016/161.
The IFA distributive state nicht verkehrsfähig – NV is used to notify products that have lost their marketability. They must not be marketed, remaining quantities in the market must not be sold.
The IFA attribute Packungsgröße is used to display the product's packaging size with Menge und Einheit (quantitiy and unit). It refers to the so-called Verbrauchereinheit for which the PZN has been assigned to.
The IFA attribute PackungsV is used to display to what extent pharmacy-only or prescriprion-only finished medicinal products are subject to the German Packungsgrößenverordnung.
Together with Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift, PackungsV is used to determine and notify Packungsgrößen according to § 5 PackungsV along with the annex (especially annex 1) for medicinal products within panel doctors' care.
The IFA product type Pandemieartikel is used to notify products that are used in case of a pandemic possibly in co-operation with authorities.
The IFA attribute Preisangabenverordnung – PAngV is used to notify whether the product is subject to the price indication ordinance and thus a base price will be displayed.
The ordinance regulates that the total (price per unit according to PAngV) and base price will be displayed to the customer (i. e. the price of 100 g).
The IFA attribute Patentablaufdatum des Originalarzneimittels is used to display the date for medicinal products with bezugnehmender Zulassung als Generikum (generic medicinal products according to § 24b Abs. 2 AMG).
PEI – Bundesinstitut für Impfstoffe und biomedizinische Arzneimittel – is a federal institute within the health ministry promoting quality, effectiveness and security of biomedicinal products through research and examination.
The IFA attribute Pflanzenschutzmittel is used to notify approved plant protection products used to protect crops and their harvest.
PHAGRO – Bundesverband des pharmazeutischen Großhandels e. V.
PHAGRO is the stakeholder of pharmaceutical wholesalers in Germany.
The IFA attribute pharm. Großhandel is used to notify that the product is sold through pharmaceutical wholesalers.
The IFA attribute Phytopharmakon is used to notify registered or approved plant-based medicinal products containing as active agent(s) herbal extracts/preparations only.
The IFA attribute Pharmazeutische Unternehmernummer – PNR is used to display the number of the pharmaceutical entrepreneurs according to AMG if he/she is not the medicinal product's supplier at the same time.
The IFA attribute PPN is used to display the Pharmacy Product Number enabling the worldwide one-to-one use of the PZN or any other national product number.
The 12-digit PPN begins with the 2-digit PRA-Code followed by the 8-digit PZN and a 2-digit check sum.
Thus, the PPN serves implementing the FMD. Further information on the PPN can be found here: IFA CODING SYSTEM.
The IFA attribute Preis des pharmazeutischen Unternehmers – PPU is used by the pharmaceutical entrepreneur/supplier of a prescription-only medicinal product to display the individually fixed price if it does not equal the agreed/assigned level of reimbursement. In this case it is notified as APU. PPU does not contain VAT.
As Issuing Agency, IFA issues a PRA-Code for each national numbering system operating in the pharmaceutical sector.
Pro Generika e. V. is a German generics and biosimilar companies' association. It aims at an affordable and sustainable supply of medicinal products.
The IFA attribute Produktbezeichnung is used to display the product name with maximal 26 digits including spaces. It consists of only capital letters without vowel mutations or special characters. If needed, the Produktbezeichnung will be shortened.
The IFA attribute Produktname is used to display the product name with maximal 50 digits including spaces. Both capital and lowercase letters will be displayed. Usually there will not be the need for any abbreviations.
The IFA attribute PZN der Klinikpackung is used to display the PZN of the clinic pack when notifying a component so that a reference between the two PZNs will be visible.
The IFA attribute PZN des Originals is used to display the PZN of the original product when notifying re- or parallel imported medicinal products so that a reference between the two PZNs will be visible.
The IFA attribute PZN des Voranbieters is used to display the PZN of the medicinal product with the same marketing authorisation of the former supplier so that a reference between the two PZNs will be visible.
The IFA attribute PZN des Vorgängers/Nachfolgers is used to display the PZN of a published successor product when notifying predecessor. If the predecessor PZN is marked as discontinued, a reference between the two PZNs will be visible.
The Pharmazentralnummer – PZN is a one-to-one id key within the German pharmaceutical market for medicinal products, medical devices and other health products (equivalent to the so-called pharmacy-typical goods).
It identifies a product (commercial form) with specific product identifying features of a supplier.
The PZN is used for internal and external communication such as i. a. supply chain, accounting of trading partners and the organisations within the healthcare sector.
If a new supplier takes over the marketing of a product, product data may be passed on to the new supplier whilst retaining the PZN. This so-called PZN-Übertrag from one to another supplier is also called Anbieterwechsel.
The product type Schüttware is used to notify bulky packed goods, so-called Dosenware. It is used for manufacturing patient individual secundary blisters.
The IFA attribute Sicherheitsdatenblatt – SDB erforderlich is used to notify products for which a safety data sheet for hazardous substances is required or exists.
securPharm e. V. is a unique initiative to prevent falsified medicinal products from entering the legal supply chain. The initiative is sponsored by all major players in the pharmaceutical distribution chain in Germany and is responsible for developing a system to check the authenticity of medicinal products in Germany.
Sozialgesetzbuch Fünftes Buch – SGB V contains provisions to health insurance (GKV). It regulates i. a. the organisation and services of the GKV.
The GKV as regulated in SGB V is described as community of solidarity whose aim it is to retain its members' health, restore or improve it.
Solitäres Fertigarzneimittel | Unique Finished Med. Prod.
The IFA attribute solitäres Fertigarzneimittel is used to notify medicinal products that are unique finished medicinal products according to the Leitfaden zur Definition des Generikaabschlags.
The notification is important to calculate the generic discount according to § 130a Abs. 3b SGB V (so-called Generikaabschlag).
The IFA attribute Sperrfrist is used to determine the date of receiving data for data recipients and pharmaceutical wholesalers - ohne Sperrfrist (without blocking period) normally 10 respectively mit Sperrfrist (with blocking period) normally 5 working days prior to the publication date.
The IFA product type Standard is used to notify products for which all other product types do not apply (i. e. Klinikpackung, Ärztemuster gemäß AMG).
The IFA attribute steril is used to notify products that are free from viable microorganisms. Sterile products are marked as such on their outer packaging.
stiftung ear is the national register for waste electric equipment and was founded by manufacturers as their Clearing House for the purposes of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG). Entrusted with sovereign rights by the UBA, stiftung ear registers the producers of electrical and electronic equipment and coordinates the provision of containers for public exchange facilities and the pick-up of electrical and electronic waste equipment at the örE (public waste disposal authorities) in Germany.
T-Rezept-Arzneimittel | T-Prescription Med. Prod.
The IFA attribute T-Rezept-Arzneimittel is used to notify medicinal products that are may only be prescribed with a numeric two-piece form, a so-called T-Rezept, by BfArM in accordance with Arzneimittelverschreibungsverordnung (AMVV).
The IFA attribute dokumentationspfl. TFG is used to notify medicinal products that are subject to obligatory documentation according to TFG.
TFG regulates transfusion in general including extraction of blood, blood chemistry and blood products and their administration during blood transfusion in humans.
Tierarzneimittel | Veterinary Med. Prod.
The IFA attribute Tierarzneimittel is used to notify products that are meant for usage in or on animals only. Veterinary medicinal products are authorised finished medicinal products for animals according to AMG.
The IFA attribute § 47 Abs. 1c AMG is used to notify veterinary medicinal products that are subject to compulsory registration according to this article in AMG.
Pharmaceutical entrepreneurs and pharmaceutical wholesalers are obliged to notify medicinal products subject to this regulation that are dispensed to veterinarians.
Umweltbundesamt – UBA is the central authority for the environment, watching and evaluating the environment from different specialist disciplines.
The IFA attribute UN-Nummer is used to display the UN number for hazardous substances that are also hazardous goods (Gefahrgut).
The IFA attribute Unterlagenschutz is used to notify medicinal products which underlie data exclusivity according to the Leitfadens zur Definition des Generikaabschlags.
This information is necessary to determine the level of reimbursement in accordance with § 130a Abs. 3b SGB V (so-called Generikaabschlag).
The IFA attribute UVP is used to display the recommended retail price (RRP). The price includes VAT.
The IFA attribute Verbandmittel is used to notidy surgical dressings according to § 31 Abs. 1a SGB V. Thus surgical dressings are products including fixing material which main purpose it is to cover damaged surface areas of the body or to absorbing bodily liquids or both.
The IFA attribute Laufzeit is used to notify products with the sell-by date printed onto them or the outer pack (medicinal products cf. § 10 AMG).
The IFA attribute Verfall is used to display the storage life in months of the product from its production.
This gives the cutoff date from which the serial number for this medicinal product (PZN) marketed from the deadline 09.02.2019 according to FMD being uploaded into the system of ACS PharmaProtect GmbH (so-called Hochladedatum).
Sell-by date stating the batch separating the (first) obligatory verification goods from regular stock.
The IFA attribute Verkehrsfähigkeit is used to notify whether a product is marketable.
The IFA attribute Veröffentlichungsdatum is used to display the publication date of the product in the systems of data users and data recipients. Publications may be on each 1st or 15th of the month (IFA-Redaktionskalender).
The IFA attribute Verpackungsart is used to describe the outer packaging of the consumable unit for which a PZN has been assigned to.
The IFA attribute verschreibungspflichtig is used to notify medicinal products or medical devices respectively that are prescription-only.
VfA is an economic association of the researching pharmaceutical companies in Germany.
The IFA attribute WEEE-Reg.-Nr. DE is used to display the registation number of stiftung ear in accordance with ElektroG. This 8-digit number proves and with which number a manufacturer of an electric device, for which a PZN has been assigned to, is registered in Germany and thus the disposal of the device is taken care of.
The IFA attribute Wirkstoff is used to notify products that are active agents according to EU regulation 2001/83/EG Art. 1 Nr. 3a respectively § 4 Abs. 19 AMG.
The IFA attribute Wirkstoffpatent is used to notify medicinal products subject to an active substance patent in accordance with Leitfadens zur Definition des Generikaabschlags.
The IFA attribute Zerbrechlichkeit is used to notify products that are fragile and call for special precaution during storage.
The IFA distributive state zurückgezogen – ZG is used to notify medicinal products that were withdrawn from the German market by the pharmaceutical entrepreneur/supplier in reference to § 4 Abs. 7 of the currently valid Rahmenvereinbarung according to § 130b Abs. 9 SGB V. These medicinal products are permanently not available in the German market, remaining quantities in the market must not be sold.
A pre-allocation may be done if the PZN is needed prior to the product data being published (i. e. to include it in brochures). Pre-allocated PZNs will not be published in the IFA Information Services.
The Zulassung in accordance with pharmaceutical legislation refers to finished medicinal products. It is the equivalent to an approval by authority and is the prerequisite to marketing of a finished medicinal product.
The IFA attribute Zulassungs-/Registrierungs-Nr. is used to display the medicinal product's registration number.

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