IFA guidelines

You can find the terms & conditions along with explanations to the different types of orders in our guidelines.

At the moment, some IFA guidelines are only available in German.

Guidelines for the pre-allocation of PZNs
Requirements for registered products and their suppliers; rules for the PZN pre-allocation.

Guidelines for Notifying Product and Address Data
Detailed information on publishing product and address data including notification variants: attributes in IFA’s Database, IFA portal, order files for first publications and EAD files.

Richtlinien für die Neuaufnahme von Arzneimitteln
Method, background information and exceptions for new entries of medicinal products which require either authorization or registration.

Richtlinien zu Artikelstatus und Statuswechsel
What are the guidelines for products which are discontinued, withdrawn from the market, non-marketable and deleted articles.

Richtlinien zu IFA-Darreichungsformen
Explanation of abbreviations for pharmaceutical forms of medicinal products.