Cyanocobalamin
Summary
Risk: The use of vitamins is not considered to have any environmental impact.
This summary information comes from Fass (Baxter, Fresenius Kabi and Pfizer).
Detailed information
Fass environmental information
Fass environmental information for Cernevit (including cyanocobalamin) from Baxter (downloaded 2021-06-24).
Fass environmental information for Soluvit (including cyanocobalamin) from Fresenius Kabi (downloaded 2021-06-24).
Fass environmental information for Behepan (including cyanocobalamin) from Pfizer (downloaded 2021-06-24).
According to the European Medicines Agency guideline on environmental risk assessments for pharmaceuticals (EMA/CHMP/SWP/4447/00), vitamins, electrolytes, amino acids, peptides, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids proteins, vaccines and herbal medicinal products are exempted because they are unlikely to result in significant risk to the environment.
References
Author: Health and Medical Care Administration, Region Stockholm