Vaccines
Allergens
Antibodies
ATMP
Blood Products
Stem Cell Preparations
Tissue Preparations
Others (Human Use)
Immunological Veterinary Medicines
The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI), Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines is responsible for the medicinal products listed below (pursuant to Section 77 AMG [Arzneimittelgesetz, German Medicines Act]):
Human Medicinal Products
Sera
Vaccines
Blood preparations
Tissues and tissue preparations
Allergens
Advanced therapy medicinal products (gene therapeutics, somatic cell therapeutics, and biotechnogically manipulated tissue products)
Xenogenic medicinal products
Genetically engineered blood components.
The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte, BfArM) is the competent authority for all other medicinal products.
Veterinary Medicinal Products
Immunological products for veterinary use, such as sera, vaccines, immunomodulators, tuberculins, and other immunological medicinal products for veterinary use.
The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI) is responsible for products not designed for the use in animals (diagnostic devices) (pursuant to Section 2, Statutory Veterinary Vaccines Regulation [Tierimpfstoff-Verordnung]), and all other medicines for veterinary use are under the responsibility of the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, BVL).