Release Notes:  Version 20190611

DateJune 11, 2019 
AccessTerminology Gateway
Release TypeMaintenance Release

About this maintenance release 

This release includes the Canadian Clinical Drug Data Set files (version 20190611).  

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.

June 2019 CCDD Files
Number of Concepts
Types of Changes in this release
Therapeutic Moiety Full Release1403

15 additions

1 status change from active to inactive (due to an inactivated MP/NTP this month)

Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product Full Release4095

69 additions

6 status changes from active to inactive

19 status date changes with no change of status

Manufactured Product Full Release11199

116 additions

  • 31 MPs for existing NTPs
  • 80 MPs for new TMs
  • 5 for new NTPs for existing TMs

Formal name changes made:

  • 10 DPD company changes
  • 5 DPD product with name change and company change
  • 31 DPD product name changes
  • 2 formal name changes (see below for details)

40 status changes from active to inactive

4 status changes from inactive to active

10 status date changes (no change of status)

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

11196

Includes concept additions and changes as above

Deprecated concepts have been excluded.

Device Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product3no change
Special Groupings1825

1 additional entry

Includes concept additions and changes as above

Coded Attributes7

no change


MP changes

Please find the changes to MP formal name that are technical error corrections with no significant change in meaning:

mp_code June Release

mp_formal_name June Release

mp_code May Release

mp_formal_name May Release

02382628

MONICURE COMBO (fluconazole 150 mg oral capsule with miconazole nitrate 2 % cutaneous cream) INSIGHT PHARMACEUTICALS LLC

02382628

MONICURE COMBO (luconazole 150 mg oral capsule with miconazole nitrate 2 % cutaneous cream) INSIGHT PHARMACEUTICALS LLC

02253186

NUVARING (ethinyl estradiol 15 mcg per 24 hours and etonogestrel 120 mcg per 24 hour vaginal delivery system) MERCK CANADA INC

02253186

NUVARING (ethinyl estradiol 15 mcg per 24 hours and etonogestrel 120 mcg per 24 hours vaginal delivery system) MERCK CANADA INC

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