3006.93.10.00 - Packaged with medicinal preparations

This HTS category, 3006.93.10.00, specifically encompasses placebos and blinded or double-blinded clinical trial kits when these kits are packaged together with medicinal preparations. The defining characteristic here is the integral packaging of the placebo or trial kit alongside actual pharmaceutical products intended for use in a recognized clinical trial. This implies that the kit's components, which might include placebos or investigational treatments, are presented as a unified package for administration within the trial setting, and importantly, this unit includes actual medicinal preparations.

To distinguish this from its sibling categories, consider the primary content and intended use. Unlike 3006.93.20.00, which focuses on sugar content, or 3006.93.50.00, which highlights nutritional ingredients with a foodstuff predominance, this category is about the combination of trial materials with medicinal drugs. Furthermore, it differs from 3006.93.60.00 by not being limited to liquid forms for oral intake, and from 3006.93.80.00 by specifically requiring the presence of medicaments within the packaging, rather than just other chemicals. The emphasis is on the integrated nature of the trial kit and the associated medicinal preparation for a clinical trial.

As this is a leaf node within the HTS structure, there are no further subcategories for this specific code. Therefore, classification at this level hinges on the precise combination of elements: a placebo or clinical trial kit designed for a recognized trial, packaged directly with actual medicinal preparations. The presence of both components within the same packaging unit is the critical determinant for classification under 3006.93.10.00.