A	C148636	EDQM Health Care Terminology	C157383	Live Animal Dosage Form	Live animal	0115	A type of pharmaceutical dose form consisting of a whole, live animal used as a medicinal product, which may have a mechanical function and/or deliver physiologically active substances.	A type of pharmaceutical dose form consisting of a whole, live animal used as a medicinal product, which may have a mechanical function and/or deliver physiologically active substances.																
A   C148636	EDQM Health Care Terminology	C53582	Hirudotherapy	Medicinal leech	13115000	Whole, live, medicinal leech, usually of the Hirudo genus (e.g. Hirudo medicinalis, Hirudo verbana), usually intended to be applied to the skin in order to restore or improve local blood flow or to provide other local effects. After attaching itself to the host, the leech creates an incision in the skin and secretes saliva containing a variety of active substances (e.g. anaesthetics, anticoagulants, anti-inflammatories, vasodilators) that allow it to feed on the blood of the host. Comment: In some regions, medicinal leeches are classified as medical devices rather than medicinal products.	The use of leeches for medical therapy. From hirudin, the active principle in the salivary secretion of leeches that acts as a potent anticoagulant (bloodthinner). Hirudotherapy is mainly used in trauma and plastic and reconstructive surgery to salvage tissue flaps and skin grafts whose viability is threatened by venous congestion.																
A   C150103	EDQM-HC Pharmaceutical Dosage Form Terminology	C53582	Hirudotherapy	Medicinal leech	13115000	Whole, live, medicinal leech, usually of the Hirudo genus (e.g. Hirudo medicinalis, Hirudo verbana), usually intended to be applied to the skin in order to restore or improve local blood flow or to provide other local effects. After attaching itself to the host, the leech creates an incision in the skin and secretes saliva containing a variety of active substances (e.g. anaesthetics, anticoagulants, anti-inflammatories, vasodilators) that allow it to feed on the blood of the host. Comment: In some regions, medicinal leeches are classified as medical devices rather than medicinal products.	The use of leeches for medical therapy. From hirudin, the active principle in the salivary secretion of leeches that acts as a potent anticoagulant (bloodthinner). Hirudotherapy is mainly used in trauma and plastic and reconstructive surgery to salvage tissue flaps and skin grafts whose viability is threatened by venous congestion.
A	C150113	EDQM-HC Basic Dose Form Terminology	C157383	Live Animal Dosage Form	Live animal	0115	A type of pharmaceutical dose form consisting of a whole, live animal used as a medicinal product, which may have a mechanical function and/or deliver physiologically active substances.	A type of pharmaceutical dose form consisting of a whole, live animal used as a medicinal product, which may have a mechanical function and/or deliver physiologically active substances.