Release Notes: Version 20190308

DateMarch 8, 2019 
AccessTerminology Gateway
Release TypeMaintenance Release

About this maintenance release 

This release includes the Canadian Clinical Drug Data Set files (version 20190308).  

The Editorial Guidelines and the Technical Specification have not been revised with this release. 

The Canadian Clinical Drug Data Set is available for browsing and download via the Infoway Terminology Gateway.  

Supporting general information can be found on Infoway Canadian Clinical Drug Data Set InfoCentral page.  

General Notes

The following files will be available as full release files within this version:

  • Manufactured Product,
  • Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product,
  • Therapeutic Moiety,
  • Manufactured Product, Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product, Therapeutic Product Relationship,
  • Special Groupings, 
  • Coded Attribute, and
  • Device Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product.

The 'Full" release contains one entry for every concept that has ever been released and new content added for that release.   New content added for a specific release may at times include “Inactive” content.

NOTE:  The “Delta" release which is intended to contain only those concepts that have been added or changed since the previous release will be considered for a future enhancement at a later date.  

This release continues to add additional content from the DPD and includes most of the top 250 moieties and approximately 95% of the DPD content in scope for CCDD.  

The table below provides the number of concepts within each CCDD file for this release.

March 2019 CCDD Files
Number of Concepts
Types of Changes in this release
Therapeutic Moiety Full Release1315

28 additions

2 formal name changes as described below (with no change to code)

Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product Full Release3812

85 additions (82 for new TMs; 3 for existing TMs)

1 NTP formal name change as described below (with no change to code)

3 status change from active to inactive

14 status date changes with no change of status

Manufactured Product Full Release10543

195 additions

  • 39 MPs for existing NTP/TMs
  • 153 MPs for new TMs
  • 3 MPs for new NTPs for an existing TM

Formal name changes made:

  • 6 DPD company changes
  • 7 DPD company name changes
  • 13 DPD product name changes
  • 2 DPD products with name change and company change
  • 1 MP formal name change as a result of a change in the corresponding NTP (see NTP changes below)

27 status changes from active to inactive

3 status changes from inactive to active

17 status date changes (no change of status)

Manufactured Product, Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product, Therapeutic Moiety Relationship

10540

Includes concept additions and changes as above

Deprecated concepts have been excluded.

Device Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product3no change
Special Groupings1784

5 additional entries due to new concepts

Includes concept additions and changes as above

Coded Attributes7

no change

Therapeutic Moiety (TM) Changes

The following TM concepts were changed to correct and apply consistent use of brackets: 

tm_code March Release

tm_formal_name March Release

tm_code February Release

tm_formal_name February Release

8001605

calcitonin salmon

8001605

calcitonin (salmon)

8000221

valproic acid (base)

8000221

valproic acid

Non proprietary Therapeutic Product (NTP) Changes

The following NTP concept was changed to correct and apply consistent use of brackets: 

ntp_code March Release

ntp_formal_name March Release

ntp_code February Release

ntp_formal_name February Release

9012927

calcitonin salmon 400 unit per 2 mL solution for injection vial

9012927

calcitonin (salmon) 400 unit per 2 mL solution for injection vial

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