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: Health Canada Drug Id Number - XML Representation

Active as of 2021-10-04

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ca-hc-din"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This case-insensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/NamingSystem/ca-hc-din</code> defines codes, but no codes are represented here</p></div>
  </text>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/NamingSystem/ca-hc-din"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.5.1105"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="4.0.1"/>
  <name value="HcDIN"/>
  <title value="Health Canada Drug Id Number"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-10-04T00:00:00-04:00"/>
  <publisher value="Health Canada"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="Health Canada,Health Canada"/>
  </contact>
  <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"/>
  <caseSensitive value="false"/>
  <content value="not-present"/>
</CodeSystem>