NICE Class 5 covers pharmaceuticals, medical and veterinary preparations, sanitary preparations for medical purposes, dietetic food and supplements, plasters and dressings, disinfectants, and preparations for destroying vermin, fungicides and herbicides. It is a goods class for health, medical and pest-control products. In Nepal you register a Class 5 trademark with the Department of Industry, and protection covers only the class you file in.
Key Takeaways
- Class 5 is the pharmaceuticals and health class — medicines, medical and veterinary preparations, supplements, disinfectants and pesticides.
- "Medicated" is the trigger: a medicated shampoo, soap or lotion belongs here, not in Class 3.
- It includes dietary supplements, medical food, plasters and dressings, and baby food.
- It excludes cosmetic ingredients (Class 1), non-medicated toiletries (Class 3), and dietetic foods with no medical purpose (Classes 29, 30, 32).
- Nepal's large pharmaceutical and herbal-remedy sector files heavily in Class 5.
- Register with the Department of Industry for a renewable 7-year term.
What does Trademark Class 5 cover?
Class 5 covers pharmaceuticals, medical and veterinary preparations; sanitary preparations for medical purposes; dietetic food and substances for medical or veterinary use and food for babies; dietary supplements for humans and animals; adhesive plasters and materials for dressings; material for filling teeth and dental wax; disinfectants; and preparations for destroying vermin, fungicides and herbicides. The unifying idea is products with a medical, health or pest-control purpose — including personal-care items that are medicated rather than cosmetic.
Full list of goods in Class 5
Below is the complete alphabetical list of Class 5 goods indications from the WIPO NICE Classification (13-2026 edition) — 497 entries in total. Use it to find the exact wording for your specification when you file in Nepal:
- Absorbent cotton / absorbent wadding
- Acai powder dietary supplements
- Acaricides
- Acetates for pharmaceutical purposes
- Acids for pharmaceutical purposes
- Acne treatment preparations
- Aconitine
- Adhesive nipple patches for medical purposes
- Adhesive plasters / sticking plasters
- Adhesive tapes for medical purposes
- Adhesives for dentures
- Adjuvants for medical purposes
- Air deodorizing preparations / air deodorising preparations
- Air purifying preparations
- Albumin dietary supplements
- Albuminous foodstuffs for medical purposes
- Albuminous preparations for medical purposes
- Alcohol for pharmaceutical purposes
- Aldehydes for pharmaceutical purposes
- Algicides
- Alginate dietary supplements
- Alginates for pharmaceutical purposes
- Alkaline iodides for pharmaceutical purposes
- Alkaloids for medical purposes
- Alloys of precious metals for dental purposes
- Almond milk for pharmaceutical purposes
- Almond oil for medical purposes
- Aloe vera preparations for pharmaceutical purposes
- Aluminium acetate for pharmaceutical purposes
- Amino acids for medical purposes
- Amino acids for veterinary purposes
- Anaesthetics
- Analgesics
- Angostura bark for medical purposes
- Animal washes [insecticides]
- Anti-inflammatories
- Anti-uric preparations
- Antibacterial handwashes
- Antibacterial soap
- Antibiotics
- Anticryptogamic preparations
- Antioxidant pills
- Antiparasitic collars for animals
- Antiparasitic preparations
- Antiseptic cotton
- Antiseptics
- Appetite suppressant pills
- Appetite suppressants for medical purposes
- Aromatherapy creams
- Aromatherapy oils
- Aromatic deodorizers for toilets / aromatic deodorisers for toilets
- Aseptic cotton
- Asthmatic tea
- Astringents for medical purposes
- Babies' diaper-pants / babies' nappy-pants
- Babies' diapers / babies' nappies
- Bacterial poisons
- Bacterial preparations for medical and veterinary use
- Bacteriological preparations for medical and veterinary use
- Balms for medical purposes
- Balsamic preparations for medical purposes
- Bandages for dressings
- Barks for pharmaceutical purposes
- Bath preparations for medical purposes
- Bath salts for medical purposes
- Bath tea for therapeutic purposes
- Bicarbonate of soda for pharmaceutical purposes
- Biocides
- Biological preparations for medical purposes
- Biological preparations for veterinary purposes
- Biological tissue cultures for medical purposes
- Biological tissue cultures for veterinary purposes
- Bismuth preparations for pharmaceutical purposes
- Bismuth subnitrate for pharmaceutical purposes
- Blood for medical purposes
- Blood plasma
- Bone cement for surgical and orthopaedic purposes / bone cement for surgical and orthopedic purposes
- Bone void fillers comprised of living tissues
- Bouillons for bacteriological cultures for medical purposes or veterinary purposes / media for bacteriological cultures for medical purposes or veterinary purposes / bacteriological culture mediums for medical purposes or veterinary purposes
- Bracelets impregnated with insect repellent
- Breast-nursing pads
- Brewer's yeast dietary supplements
- Bromine for pharmaceutical purposes
- Bronchodilating preparations
- Bunion pads
- By-products of the processing of cereals for dietetic or medical purposes
- Cachets for pharmaceutical purposes
- Cachou for pharmaceutical purposes
- Calomel [fungicide]
- Camphor for medical purposes
- Camphor oil for medical purposes
- Cannabidiol preparations for medical use
- Cannabis for medical purposes / marijuana for medical purposes
- Capsules for medicines
- Capsules made of dendrimer-based polymers, for pharmaceuticals
- Carbolineum [parasiticide]
- Casein dietary supplements
- Castor oil for medical purposes
- Cattle washes [insecticides]
- Caustic pencils
- Caustics for pharmaceutical purposes
- Cedar wood for use as an insect repellent
- Cellulose esters for pharmaceutical purposes
- Cellulose ethers for pharmaceutical purposes
- Cement for animal hooves
- Charcoal for pharmaceutical purposes
- Chemical conductors for electrocardiograph electrodes
- Chemical contraceptives
- Chemical preparations for medical purposes
- Chemical preparations for pharmaceutical purposes
- Chemical preparations for the diagnosis of pregnancy
- Chemical preparations for treating diseases affecting cereal plants
- Chemical preparations for treating diseases affecting vine plants
- Chemical preparations for treating mildew
- Chemical preparations for treating phylloxera
- Chemical preparations for treating wheat blight / chemical preparations for treating wheat smut
- Chemical preparations for veterinary purposes
- Chemical reagents for medical or veterinary purposes
- Chemico-pharmaceutical preparations
- Chewing gum for medical purposes
- Chilblain preparations
- Chinoline for medical purposes
- Chloroform
- Cocaine for medical purposes
- Cod liver oil
- Collagen for medical purposes
- Collodion for pharmaceutical purposes
- Collyrium
- Colostrum dietary supplements
- Compresses
- Condurango bark for medical purposes
- Contact lens cleaning preparations
- Contraceptive sponges
- Cooling sprays for medical purposes
- Corn remedies
- Corn rings for the feet
- Cotton for medical purposes
- Cotton swabs for medical purposes / cotton sticks for medical purposes
- Cream of tartar for pharmaceutical purposes
- Creosote for pharmaceutical purposes
- Croton bark
- Crystallized rock sugar for medical purposes
- Cultures of microorganisms for medical or veterinary use
- Curare
- Decoctions for pharmaceutical purposes
- Dental abrasives
- Dental amalgams
- Dental amalgams of gold
- Dental cements
- Dental impression materials
- Dental lacquer
- Dental mastics
- Deodorants for clothing and textiles
- Deodorants, other than for human beings or for animals
- Deodorizers for litter trays / deodorisers for litter trays
- Depuratives
- Dermatological preparations
- Detergents for medical purposes
- Diabetic bread adapted for medical use
- Diagnostic biomarker reagents for medical purposes
- Diagnostic preparations for medical purposes
- Diagnostic preparations for medical purposes for use in medical laboratories
- Diagnostic preparations for veterinary purposes
- Diagnostic strips for testing breast milk for medical purposes
- Diaper changing mats, disposable, for babies / nappy changing mats, disposable, for babies
- Diapers for incontinence
- Diapers for pets
- Diastase for medical purposes
- Dietary fibre / dietary fiber
- Dietary supplements for animals
- Dietary supplements for human beings
- Dietary supplements with a cosmetic effect
- Dietetic beverages adapted for medical purposes
- Dietetic foods adapted for medical purposes
- Dietetic substances adapted for medical use
- Digestives for pharmaceutical purposes
- Digitalin
- Dill oil for medical purposes
- Disinfectant soap
- Disinfectants
- Disinfectants for chemical toilets
- Disinfectants for hygiene purposes
- Disposable absorbent pads for lining pet crates / disposable absorbent mats for lining pet crates
- Disposable house training pads for pets / disposable housebreaking pads for pets
- Dog washes [insecticides]
- Douching preparations for medical purposes
- Drugs for medical purposes
- Elixirs [pharmaceutical preparations]
- Enzyme dietary supplements
- Enzyme preparations for medical purposes
- Enzyme preparations for veterinary purposes
- Enzymes for medical purposes
- Enzymes for veterinary purposes
- Ergot for pharmaceutical purposes
- Esters for pharmaceutical purposes
- Ethers for pharmaceutical purposes
- Eucalyptol for pharmaceutical purposes
- Eucalyptus for pharmaceutical purposes
- Extracts of hops for pharmaceutical purposes
- Eyepatches for medical purposes
- Febrifuges
- Fennel for medical purposes
- Ferments for pharmaceutical purposes
- First-aid boxes, filled
- Fish meal for pharmaceutical purposes
- Floral water for medicinal purposes
- Flour for pharmaceutical purposes / meal for pharmaceutical purposes
- Flowers of sulfur for pharmaceutical purposes
- Fluorescent dyes for medical purposes
- Fly catching paper
- Fly glue / fly catching adhesives
- Food for babies
- Formic aldehyde for pharmaceutical purposes
- Freeze-dried food adapted for medical purposes / lyophilized food adapted for medical purposes / lyophilised food adapted for medical purposes
- Freeze-dried meat adapted for medical purposes / lyophilized meat adapted for medical purposes / lyophilised meat adapted for medical purposes
- Frostbite salve for pharmaceutical purposes
- Fungicides
- Gallic acid for pharmaceutical purposes
- Gamboge for medical purposes
- Gases for medical purposes
- Gauze for dressings
- Gelatine for medical purposes
- Gentian for pharmaceutical purposes
- Germicides
- Glucose dietary supplements
- Glucose for medical purposes
- Glycerine for medical purposes
- Glycerophosphates
- Greases for medical purposes
- Greases for veterinary purposes
- Guaiacol for pharmaceutical purposes
- Gum for medical purposes
- Gurjun balsam for medical purposes
- Haematogen / hematogen
- Haemoglobin / hemoglobin
- Haemorrhoid preparations / hemorrhoid preparations
- Haemostatic pencils / hemostatic pencils
- Headache relief sticks
- Herbal extracts for medical purposes
- Herbal teas for medicinal purposes
- Herbicides / weedkillers / preparations for destroying noxious plants
- Homogenized food adapted for medical purposes / homogenised food adapted for medical purposes
- Honey-based ointment for medical purposes
- Hormones for medical purposes
- Hydrastine
- Hydrastinine
- Hydrated chloral for pharmaceutical purposes
- Hydrogen peroxide for medical purposes
- Immunostimulants
- Impregnated films for the treatment of burns
- Infant formula
- Inhalants for medical purposes
- Injectable dermal fillers
- Insect repellent incense
- Insect repellents
- Insecticidal animal shampoos
- Insecticidal veterinary washes
- Insecticides
- Iodides for pharmaceutical purposes
- Iodine for pharmaceutical purposes
- Iodoform
- Irish moss for medical purposes
- Isotopes for medical purposes
- Jalap
- Jujube, medicated
- Lacteal flour for babies
- Larvae exterminating preparations
- Laxatives
- Lead water / Goulard water
- Lecithin dietary supplements
- Lecithin for medical purposes
- Leeches for medical purposes
- Lice treatment preparations [pediculicides]
- Lime-based pharmaceutical preparations
- Liniments
- Linseed dietary supplements / flaxseed dietary supplements
- Linseed for pharmaceutical purposes / flaxseed for pharmaceutical purposes
- Linseed meal for pharmaceutical purposes / flaxseed meal for pharmaceutical purposes
- Linseed oil dietary supplements / flaxseed oil dietary supplements
- Lint for medical purposes
- Liquorice for pharmaceutical purposes
- Lotions for pharmaceutical purposes
- Lotions for veterinary purposes
- Lupulin for pharmaceutical purposes
- Magnesia for pharmaceutical purposes
- Malt for pharmaceutical purposes
- Malted milk beverages for medical purposes
- Mangrove bark for pharmaceutical purposes
- Massage candles for therapeutic purposes
- Massage gels for medical purposes
- Medical dressings
- Medical preparations for slimming purposes
- Medicated after-shave lotions
- Medicated animal feed
- Medicated dentifrices
- Medicated dry shampoos
- Medicated eye-washes
- Medicated hair lotions
- Medicated shampoos
- Medicated shampoos for pets
- Medicated soap
- Medicated sweets / medicated candies
- Medicated toiletry preparations
- Medicated toothpaste
- Medicinal alcohol
- Medicinal drinks
- Medicinal hair growth preparations
- Medicinal herbs
- Medicinal infusions
- Medicinal mud / medicinal sediment [mud]
- Medicinal oils
- Medicinal roots
- Medicinal tea
- Medicine cases, portable, filled
- Medicines for alleviating constipation
- Medicines for dental purposes
- Medicines for human purposes
- Medicines for veterinary purposes
- Melissa water for pharmaceutical purposes
- Menthol
- Mercurial ointments
- Milk ferments for pharmaceutical purposes
- Milk sugar for pharmaceutical purposes / lactose for pharmaceutical purposes
- Milking grease
- Mineral dietary supplements
- Mineral water salts
- Mineral waters for medical purposes
- Mint for pharmaceutical purposes
- Moleskin for medical purposes
- Mothproofing paper / mothproof paper
- Mothproofing preparations
- Moulding wax for dentists / molding wax for dentists
- Mouthwashes for medical purposes
- Moxa rolls for moxibustion / moxa sticks for moxibustion
- Mud for baths
- Mustard for pharmaceutical purposes
- Mustard oil for medical purposes
- Mustard plasters / mustard poultices
- Myrobalan bark for pharmaceutical purposes
- Narcotics
- Nervines
- Nicotine gum for use as an aid to stop smoking
- Nicotine patches for use as aids to stop smoking
- Nicotine pouches for use as aids to stop smoking
- Nicotine preparations for use as aids to stop smoking
- Nutraceutical preparations for therapeutic or medical purposes
- Nutritional supplements
- Nutritive substances for microorganisms
- Oil of turpentine for pharmaceutical purposes
- Ointments for pharmaceutical purposes
- Opiates
- Opium for medical purposes
- Opodeldoc
- Opotherapy preparations / organotherapy preparations
- Oxygen baths
- Oxygen cylinders, filled, for medical purposes
- Oxygen for medical purposes
- Pants, absorbent, for incontinence
- Panty liners [sanitary]
- Paper for mustard plasters / paper for mustard poultices
- Parasiticides
- Pastilles for pharmaceutical purposes / lozenges for pharmaceutical purposes
- Patches impregnated with acne treatment preparations
- Pearl powder for medical purposes
- Pectin for pharmaceutical purposes
- Pediculicidal shampoos
- Pepsins for pharmaceutical purposes
- Peptones for pharmaceutical purposes
- Personal sexual lubricants
- Pesticides
- Petroleum jelly for medical purposes
- Pharmaceutical preparations
- Pharmaceutical preparations for skin care
- Pharmaceutical preparations for treating dandruff
- Pharmaceutical preparations for treating sunburn
- Pharmaceuticals
- Phenol for pharmaceutical purposes
- Phosphates for pharmaceutical purposes
- Phytotherapy preparations for medical purposes
- Plant extracts for pharmaceutical purposes
- Poisons
- Pollen dietary supplements
- Pomades for medical purposes
- Porcelain for dental prostheses
- Potassium salts for medical purposes
- Poultices
- Powder of cantharides
- Powdered milk for babies
- Pre-filled syringes for medical purposes
- Preparations for callouses
- Preparations for destroying dry rot fungus
- Preparations for destroying flies
- Preparations for destroying mice
- Preparations for destroying vermin
- Preparations for reducing sexual activity
- Preparations for the treatment of burns
- Preparations of microorganisms for medical or veterinary use
- Preparations of trace elements for human and animal use
- Preparations to facilitate teething
- Propolis dietary supplements
- Propolis for pharmaceutical purposes
- Protein dietary supplements
- Protein supplements for animals
- Purgatives / evacuants
- Pyrethrum powder
- Quassia for medical purposes
- Quebracho for medical purposes
- Quinine for medical purposes
- Quinquina for medical purposes / cinchona for medical purposes
- Radioactive substances for medical purposes
- Radiological contrast substances for medical purposes
- Radium for medical purposes
- Rat poison
- Reagent paper for medical purposes
- Reagent paper for veterinary purposes
- Remedies for foot perspiration
- Remedies for perspiration
- Repellents for dogs
- Rhubarb roots for pharmaceutical purposes
- Royal jelly dietary supplements
- Royal jelly for pharmaceutical purposes
- Rubber for dental purposes
- Salts for medical purposes
- Salts for mineral water baths
- Sanitary panties / menstruation knickers / sanitary knickers / sanitary pants
- Sanitary tampons / menstruation tampons
- Sanitary towels / sanitary napkins / sanitary pads
- Sarsaparilla for medical purposes
- Scapulars for surgical purposes
- Seawater for medicinal bathing
- Sedatives / tranquillizers
- Semen for artificial insemination
- Serotherapeutic medicines
- Serums for medical purposes
- Sexual stimulant gels
- Siccatives [drying agents] for medical purposes
- Skin hydrators being injectable dermal fillers
- Slimming pills
- Slug exterminating preparations
- Smelling salts
- Smoking herbs for medical purposes
- Sodium hyaluronate gels for medical purposes
- Sodium salts for medical purposes
- Soil-sterilizing preparations / soil-sterilising preparations
- Solutions for contact lenses
- Solvents for removing adhesive plasters
- Soporifics
- Starch for dietetic or pharmaceutical purposes
- Stem cells for medical purposes
- Stem cells for veterinary purposes
- Sterilizing preparations / sterilising preparations
- Steroids
- Stick liquorice for pharmaceutical purposes
- Strychnine
- Styptic preparations
- Sugar for medical purposes
- Sulfonamides [medicines]
- Sulfur sticks [disinfectants]
- Sunburn ointments
- Suppositories
- Surgical dressings
- Surgical glues
- Surgical implants comprised of living tissues
- Swim diapers, disposable, for babies / swim nappies, disposable, for babies
- Swim diapers, reusable, for babies / swim nappies, reusable, for babies
- Syrups for pharmaceutical purposes
- Tanning pills
- Tartar for pharmaceutical purposes
- Teeth filling material
- Tetrahydrocannabidinol [THC] for medical use
- Therapeutic preparations for the bath
- Thermal water
- Thymol for pharmaceutical purposes
- Tincture of iodine
- Tinctures for medical purposes
- Tissues impregnated with pharmaceutical lotions
- Tobacco extracts [insecticides]
- Tobacco-free cigarettes for medical purposes
- Tonics [medicines]
- Transplants [living tissues]
- Turpentine for pharmaceutical purposes
- Underwraps for athletic tapes
- Vaccines
- Vaginal washes for medical purposes
- Vermifuges / anthelmintics
- Vesicants
- Veterinary preparations
- Vitamin preparations*
- Vitamin supplement patches
- Vulnerary sponges
- Wadding for medical purposes
- Wart pencils
- Wheat germ dietary supplements
- Whey protein dietary supplements
- Wipes impregnated with disinfectants for hygiene purposes
- Yeast dietary supplements
- Yeast for pharmaceutical purposes
What Class 5 does not include
Class 5 is bordered by cosmetics (Class 3) and ordinary food (Classes 29–32). These items are classified elsewhere:
| Product | Correct class |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing ingredients (vitamins, antioxidants for making products) | Class 1 |
| Non-medicated sanitary toiletries | Class 3 |
| Non-medicated personal deodorants | Class 3 |
| Orthopaedic bandages and supports | Class 10 |
| Low-fat potato crisps (no medical purpose) | Class 29 |
| Protein / cereal bars (no medical purpose) | Class 30 |
| Isotonic and energy beverages (no medical purpose) | Class 32 |
The rule of thumb: a product with a genuine medical or dietetic-medical purpose is Class 5, but the same-sounding everyday food, drink or cosmetic without a medical purpose is classified as ordinary goods.
Who files in Class 5 in Nepal?
Nepal has a substantial pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, so Class 5 is one of the most important goods classes in the country. It is filed by drug manufacturers and importers, ayurvedic and herbal-remedy makers whose products carry health claims, veterinary-medicine companies, supplement brands, disinfectant makers, and agrochemical firms selling pesticides. A crucial point for Nepal's herbal sector: a herbal product marketed to treat or prevent a condition belongs in Class 5, while a purely cosmetic herbal product is Class 3. See protecting a pharma or ayurvedic brand.
How to register a trademark in Class 5
Search the register for earlier pharmaceutical and health marks, confirm Class 5 fits (and whether a non-medicated variant needs Class 3), prepare your mark and specification, and file with the Department of Industry. It examines, publishes for the 90-day opposition window, and registers for a renewable 7-year term. Note that pharmaceutical product approval is a separate regulatory matter from trademark registration. See how to register a trademark in Nepal.
Do you need more than one class?
Often, yes. A health brand selling a medicated cream (Class 5) and a non-medicated moisturiser (Class 3), or supplements plus ordinary snack foods (Classes 29–32), needs multiple classes. Because Nepal files one class per application with per-class fees, map your range first. See choosing the right class, and the neighbouring Class 4 (Fuels & Oils) and Class 6 (Metals & Hardware).
Why precise Class 5 filing matters
Class 5 is safety-sensitive and closely examined, so a precise specification is essential. Naming your real goods — "pharmaceutical preparations for treating X", "dietary food supplements", "disinfectants" — makes the application easier to register and clearer to enforce, and it keeps the boundaries clean against non-medicated cosmetics (Class 3) and ordinary foods and drinks (Classes 29–32). Precision also matters commercially: in medicines, a confusingly similar brand is not just a business problem but a patient-safety one, which is why examiners scrutinise Class 5 marks so carefully. Because Nepal is first-to-file, the date you lodge secures your priority. For a pharmaceutical or herbal-remedy brand, an early, accurate Class 5 filing — alongside, but separate from, any product regulatory approval — is what protects the name the market comes to trust.
Class 5 filing checklist
- Confirm your product has a genuine medical, veterinary or health purpose.
- Check the exclusions — non-medicated care (Class 3), ordinary food/drink (Classes 29–32).
- Search the register for similar pharmaceutical marks.
- Draft a precise goods specification.
- Add Class 3 if you also sell non-medicated versions.
- File with the Department of Industry and track to registration.
A Nepal example
Take a Nepali pharmaceutical company with a broad range. Its medicines, medicated ointments and disinfectants are Class 5, where it files its main trademarks. But its non-medicated wellness cosmetics — a plain moisturiser or ordinary soap — are Class 3, and any energy or isotonic drink it sells is a Class 32 beverage, not a Class 5 medicine, because it has no medical purpose. The same brand can therefore appear across Class 5, Class 3 and Class 32. Filing everything in Class 5 because "it's a health company" is a mistake — the classification follows each product's actual purpose, not the company's sector.
Getting Class 5 right: common mistakes
The defining Class 5 mistake is the food-versus-medicine line. Dietetic foods and supplements adapted for a genuine medical purpose are Class 5, but ordinary foods and drinks — protein bars, low-fat crisps, isotonic beverages — with no medical purpose are classified as food and drink in Classes 29 to 32. Many supplement and "functional food" brands file wrongly here as a result.
A second pitfall is the reverse of the Class 3 error: putting a non-medicated toiletry in Class 5. A plain shampoo or deodorant is Class 3; only medicated versions are Class 5. A third is confusing orthopaedic supports — bandages and braces are medical devices in Class 10, not Class 5 dressings. Because Class 5 covers safety-sensitive products, examiners scrutinise specifications closely, so describe your goods precisely and file neighbouring classes where your range extends into cosmetics or ordinary food.
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Register your Class 5 trademark
Health and pharma is a high-stakes, name-sensitive market — register early and precisely. Find your class with the NICE Class Finder, screen with the Conflict Checker, then register your trademark with our team. Talk to an IP expert if your range spans medicated and non-medicated products.
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