Lixisenatide
Summary
Hazard - P - B - T - Risk See below
This summary information comes from Fass.
Risk. Exempt but see below for further information.
Fass environmental information
Fass environmental information for Lyxumia (lixisenatide) (downloaded 2019-04-26).
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, vaccines and herbal medicinal products are exempted because they are unlikely to result in significant risk to the environment.
Even though biomolecules, such as vaccines and hormones, are exempted they should still be regarded as biologically active.
Author: Health and Medical Care Administration, Region Stockholm