Definition
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (NAICS 32541)

Under this topic you will find the North American Industry Classification System definition of the Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (NAICS 32541) industry. You can use this definition to properly identify the segment of the industry you wish to study further in other sections of Canadian Industry Statistics.

Definition of the Industry

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing drugs, medicines and related products for human or animal use. Establishments in this industry may undertake one or more of several processes, including basic processes, such as chemical synthesis, fermentation, distillation and solvent extraction; grading, grinding and milling; and packaging in forms suitable for internal and external use, such as tablets, vials, ampoules and ointments.

Example Activities:

• Acetylsalicylic acid, manufacturing
• Agar culture media, manufacturing
• Agar-agar grinding, manufacturing
• Amphetamines, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Analgesic preparations, manufacturing
• Anesthetic preparations, manufacturing
• Anesthetics, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Antibacterial preparations, manufacturing
• Antibiotics (including veterinary), manufacturing
• Antihistamine preparations, manufacturing
• Antiseptic preparations, manufacturing
• Bacterial vaccines, manufacturing
• Barbiturate preparations, manufacturing
• Barbiturates, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Birth control pills, manufacturing
• Blood derivatives, manufacturing
• Blood glucose test kits, manufacturing
• Cardiac preparations, manufacturing
• Cephalosporin, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Cold remedies, manufacturing
• Contact lens solutions, manufacturing
• Contraceptive preparations, manufacturing
• Cortisone, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Cough medicines, manufacturing
• Culture media, manufacturing
• Diagnostic biological preparations, manufacturing
• Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing
• Digestive system preparations, manufacturing
• Digitoxin, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Diuretic preparations, manufacturing
• Endocrine products, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals), pharmaceutical use, manufacturing
• Eye and ear preparations, manufacturing
• Fish liver oils, medicinal, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Glandular derivatives, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Glandular medicinal preparations, manufacturing
• Glycosides, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Grinding and milling botanicals (i.e., for medicinal use)
• Hematology in-vivo diagnostic substances, manufacturing
• Hematology products (except diagnostic substances), manufacturing
• Herb grinding and milling (i.e., for medicinal use)
• HIV test kits, manufacturing
• Hormone in-vitro diagnostic substances, manufacturing
• Hormones and derivatives, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Insulin preparations, manufacturing
• Insulin, uncompounded, manufacturing
• In-vitro diagnostic substances, manufacturing
• In-vivo diagnostic substances, manufacturing
• Laxative preparations, manufacturing
• Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Nicotine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals), manufacturing
• Nuclear medicine (e.g., radioactive isotopes) preparations, manufacturing
• Nutraceuticals, botanical based, manufacturing
• Oils, vegetable and animal, medicinal, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Opium and opium derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals), manufacturing
• Oral contraceptive preparations, manufacturing
• Patent medicine preparations, manufacturing
• Penicillin preparations, manufacturing
• Penicillin, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets), manufacturing
• Pituitary gland derivatives, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Pregnancy test kits, manufacturing
• Radioactive in-vivo diagnostic substances, manufacturing
• Salicylic acid, medicinal, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Sedative preparations, manufacturing
• Sodium chloride pharmaceutical preparations, manufacturing
• Steroids, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Sulpha drugs, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Tetracycline, uncompounded, manufacturing
• Toxoids (e.g., diphtheria, tetanus), manufacturing
• Tranquilizers preparations, manufacturing
• Vaccines (i.e., bacterial, virus), manufacturing
• Vegetable alkaloids (e.g., caffeine, codeine, morphine, nicotine), basic chemicals, manufacturing
• Veterinary medicinal preparations, manufacturing
• Water decontamination or purification tablets, manufacturing

Exclusions

Establishments primarily engaged in:

• manufacturing food supplements and food substitutes (classified in the industry of the specified product, )