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: Health Canada Drug Id Number - JSON Representation
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{
"resourceType" : "NamingSystem",
"id" : "ca-hc-din",
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><h3>Summary</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>Defining URL</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/ca-hc-din</td></tr><tr><td>Name</td><td>HcDIN</td></tr><tr><td>Status</td><td>active</td></tr><tr><td>Definition</td><td><div><p>A Drug Identification Number (DIN) is a computer-generated eight digit number assigned by Health Canada to a drug product prior to being marketed in Canada. It uniquely identifies all drug products sold in a dosage form in Canada and is located on the label of prescription and over-the-counter drug products that have been evaluated and authorized for sale in Canada. A DIN uniquely identifies the following product characteristics:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>manufacturer</li>\n<li>product name</li>\n<li>active ingredient(s)</li>\n<li>strength(s) of active ingredient(s)</li>\n<li>pharmaceutical form, and</li>\n<li>route of administration.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Note: The number has a leading zero.</p>\n<p>Further information about this Code System can be found at https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/applications-submissions/guidance-documents/regulatory-requirements-drug-identification-numbers/document.html</p>\n</div></td></tr><tr><td>Publisher</td><td>HL7</td></tr></table><h3>Identifiers</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Value</b></td><td><b>Preferred</b></td><td><b>Comment</b></td></tr><tr><td>OID</td><td>2.16.840.1.113883.5.1105</td><td>true</td><td/></tr><tr><td>URI</td><td>http://hl7.org/fhir/NamingSystem/ca-hc-din</td><td>true</td><td>Official canonical URL going forward.</td></tr><tr><td>URI</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ca-hc-din</td><td>false</td><td>Maintained for backward compatibility.</td></tr><tr><td>URI</td><td>http://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/drug-product-database-3</td><td>false</td><td>Maintained for backward compatibility.</td></tr></table></div>"
},
"extension" : [
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/extension-title",
"valueString" : "Health Canada Drug Id Number"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-NamingSystem.url",
"valueUri" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/ca-hc-din"
},
{
"url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/StructureDefinition/ext-namingsystem-version",
"valueString" : "4.0.0"
}
],
"name" : "HcDIN",
"status" : "active",
"kind" : "codesystem",
"date" : "2021-10-04T00:00:00-04:00",
"publisher" : "HL7",
"contact" : [
{
"name" : "Health Canada,Health Canada"
}
],
"responsible" : "HL7",
"description" : "A Drug Identification Number (DIN) is a computer-generated eight digit number assigned by Health Canada to a drug product prior to being marketed in Canada. It uniquely identifies all drug products sold in a dosage form in Canada and is located on the label of prescription and over-the-counter drug products that have been evaluated and authorized for sale in Canada. A DIN uniquely identifies the following product characteristics:\r\n\r\n * manufacturer\r\n * product name\r\n * active ingredient(s)\r\n * strength(s) of active ingredient(s)\r\n * pharmaceutical form, and\r\n * route of administration.\r\n\r\nNote: The number has a leading zero.\r\n\r\nFurther information about this Code System can be found at https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/applications-submissions/guidance-documents/regulatory-requirements-drug-identification-numbers/document.html",
"uniqueId" : [
{
"type" : "oid",
"value" : "2.16.840.1.113883.5.1105",
"preferred" : true
},
{
"type" : "uri",
"value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/NamingSystem/ca-hc-din",
"preferred" : true,
"comment" : "Official canonical URL going forward."
},
{
"type" : "uri",
"value" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ca-hc-din",
"preferred" : false,
"comment" : "Maintained for backward compatibility."
},
{
"type" : "uri",
"value" : "http://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/drug-product-database-3",
"preferred" : false,
"comment" : "Maintained for backward compatibility."
}
]
}