- What it does
- Expels or kills internal parasitic worms, such as roundworms, flukes, and tapeworms, from human and animal hosts without causing significant host damage. Representative products in this family include albendazole, ivermectin, and praziquantel.
- How it flows
- Delivered as physical pharmaceutical goods in the form of oral tablets, topical pour-ons, or injectables. They are administered directly to human patients or animals and consumed via systemic absorption to eradicate active infections or provide prophylactic protection.
- Summary
- Anthelmintics flow from pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities as bulk formulated tablets, pour-ons, or injectables, are packaged and lot-encoded, and ship through wholesale medical distributors to hospitals, veterinary clinics, and retail pharmacies for final dispensing.