Greiner Bio-One - Knowledgebase

Product Classification

Which products can be classified after UNSPSC and which after GMDN?

Why do some countries request the UNSPSC as well as the GMDN classification?

UNSPSC is recommended by the UN and world wide accepted. This Code applies not only for medicine products but also for all products world wide. GMDN is a spezial Code only for medicine products. This Code is important for official...

What are the most famous classification codes?

UMDNS, HIBC, alternatively EAN, UNSPSC.

Which products does Greiner Bio-One classify? Is there an overview which shows all classified products per type of classification?

Every Greiner Bio-One product has an UMDNS-Code which has to be stated at the EU-accreditation.

What are the advantages of the product classification?

Products become e.g. for accreditation reasons classified in many countries similar, therefore different appraisals are inapplicable.

What is the reason, content and purpose of the product classification?

By a worldwide nomenclature and classification products become descriped consistently.