Xalatan eye drops (latanoprost) IS A MEDICINE USED TO TREAT RAISED INTRA-OCULAR EYE PRESSURES THAT MAY LEAD TO GLAUCOMA. IT IS A PROSTAGLANDIN F2α ANALOGUE. IT IS PREPARED IN MEASURED DOSES AS AN EYE DROP SOLUTION.

CLASSIFICATION IS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIRS) GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF THE HEADING 3004 - MEDICAMENTS (EXCLUDING GOODS OF HEADING 3002, 3005 OR 3006) CONSISTING OF MIXED OR UNMIXED PRODUCTS FOR THERAPEUTIC OR PROPHYLACTIC USES, PUT UP IN MEASURED DOSES (INCLUDING THOSE IN THE FORM OF TRANSDERMAL ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMS) OR IN FORMS OR PACKINGS FOR RETAIL SALE GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 300439 - CONTAINING HORMONES OR OTHER PRODUCTS OF HEADING 2937 BUT NOT CONTAINING ANTBIOTICS; OTHER THAN ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED. PROSTAGLANDINS ARE OTHER HORMONES OF HEADING 2937. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: SECTION VI - PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES (CHAPTER 28 - 38) CHAPTER 30 - PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER 30 NOTE 3 HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (A) (B) . .