Menotropin
Summary
Risk: Use of amino acids, proteins and peptides is not considered to cause any environmental impact.
This summary information comes from Fass. But the following is also written in the detailed information: Even though biomolecules, such as vaccines and hormones, are exempted they should still be regarded as biologically active.
Detailed information
Fass environmental information
Fass environmental information for Menopur (menotropin) from Ferring (downloaded 2023-08-25).
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.
References
Author: Health and Medical Care Administration, Region Stockholm