Singapore legislation

Schedule 1

of Medicines (Medicinal Products as Clinical Research Materials) Regulations 2016

Schedule 1

Excluded medicinal products

FIRST SCHEDULERegulations 2 and 3(1)Excluded medicinal products

1. Homeopathic medicine, being any substance used in the system of therapeutics in which a disease is treated by the use of minute amounts of one or more substances which, in their undiluted forms, are capable of producing in a healthy human being symptoms similar to those of the disease being treated.

2. Medicated oil and balm, being any external medicated embrocation, medicated cream, ointment or inhalant —

(a)

which is used mainly for soothing purposes; and

(b)

which contains one or more of the following substances as an active ingredient or as active ingredients:

(i)

any essential oil;

(ii)

any fixed oil derived from a plant;

(iii)

methyl salicylate;

(iv)

menthol;

(v)

camphor;

(vi)

peppermint.

3. Quasi‑medicinal product, being any of the following:

(a)

any anti‑dandruff preparation;

(b)

any medicated cosmetic product for the treatment of pimples or acne, except any preparation containing etretinate or 13‑cis‑retinoic acid;

(c)

any medicated soap;

(d)

any sweet for relieving coughs or throat irritations;

(e)

any medicated plaster;

(f)

any sunscreen or suntan preparation;

(g)

any medicated beverage;

(h)

any vitamin or nutritional preparation from any plant, animal or mineral, or any combination thereof;

(i)

any medicated toothpaste.

4. Traditional medicine, being any medicinal product consisting of one or more substances derived from any plant, animal or mineral, or any combination thereof, but does not include the following:

(a)

any medicinal product to be administered by injection into a human body;

(b)

any vaccine to be administered to a human being;

(c)

any product derived from human blood;

(d)

any item specified in the Poisons List in the Schedule to the Poisons Act 1938;[S 439/2023 wef 31/12/2021](e)any Chinese proprietary medicine.

5. Herbal remedy, being any medicinal product consisting of a substance produced by subjecting a plant or plants to drying, crushing or other process or of a mixture whose ingredients are 2 or more substances so produced, or of a combination of such mixture with water or such other inert substances as the licensing authority may specify.

6. Medicinal products that are raw materials used as ingredients in the preparation or manufacture of any medicinal product.

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