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: Health Canada Drug Id Number - XML Representation

Active as of 2021-10-04

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<NamingSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ca-hc-din"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: NamingSystem ca-hc-din</b></p><a name="ca-hc-din"> </a><a name="hcca-hc-din"> </a><a name="ca-hc-din-en-US"> </a><h3>Summary</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td>Defining URL</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/ca-hc-din</td></tr><tr><td>Version</td><td>4.0.0</td></tr><tr><td>Name</td><td>HcDIN</td></tr><tr><td>Title</td><td>Health Canada Drug Id Number</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>
<ul>
<li>manufacturer</li>
<li>product name</li>
<li>active ingredient(s)</li>
<li>strength(s) of active ingredient(s)</li>
<li>pharmaceutical form, and</li>
<li>route of administration.</li>
</ul>
<p>Note: The number has a leading zero.</p>
<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>
</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>
  </text>
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/ca-hc-din"/>
  <version value="4.0.0"/>
  <name value="HcDIN"/>
  <title value="Health Canada Drug Id Number"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <kind value="codesystem"/>
  <date value="2021-10-04T00:00:00-04:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="Health Canada,Health Canada"/>
  </contact>
  <responsible value="HL7"/>
  <description
               value="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:

 *  manufacturer
 *  product name
 *  active ingredient(s)
 *  strength(s) of active ingredient(s)
 *  pharmaceutical form, and
 *  route of administration.

Note: The number has a leading zero.

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"/>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="oid"/>
    <value value="2.16.840.1.113883.5.1105"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
  </uniqueId>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="uri"/>
    <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir/NamingSystem/ca-hc-din"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
    <comment value="Official canonical URL going forward."/>
  </uniqueId>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="uri"/>
    <value value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ca-hc-din"/>
    <preferred value="false"/>
    <comment value="Maintained for backward compatibility."/>
  </uniqueId>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="uri"/>
    <value
           value="http://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/drug-product-database-3"/>
    <preferred value="false"/>
    <comment value="Maintained for backward compatibility."/>
  </uniqueId>
</NamingSystem>