Release Notes; Version 20180223
About this maintenance release
This release includes the Canadian Clinical Drug Data Set files (version 20180223)
The Editorial Guidelines have had a technical correction applied. Please see Editorial Guidelines for details.
The Technical Specification has been revised. Please see the Technical Specification Version 20180223 for details of the change.
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 where all the standards are provided.
General Notes
Within this release a change has been made to the format of the Manufactured Product file (the addition of 3 attributes). Please see the Technical Specification for the details. There have only been additions made to the Therapeutic Moiety, Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product, Manufactured Product full release files and Manufactured Product, Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product, Therapeutic Product Relationship within this release and no changes applied to status or formal name change for content that was present in the January release. The Manufactured Product to DIN or NPN Mapping file has been discontinued and therefore is not released in this version. Please see the table below for details.
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.
The “Delta" release contains only those concepts that have been added or changed since the previous release. The type of changes would include; inactivated and changes to any description. Delta files will be provided in a future release.
The scope of this release includes most of the top 250 moieties plus additional content beyond the top 250. .
The table below provides the number of concepts within each CCDD file for this release.
| February, 2018 CCDD Files | Number of Concepts | Types of Changes in this release |
|---|---|---|
| Therapeutic Moiety Full Release | 298 | 10 additions |
| Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product Full Release | 1303 | 19 additions |
| Manufactured Product Full Release | 5794 | 27 additions There are 78 concepts with a CCDD code and 5716 concepts with a DIN. Please see Manufactured Product specific comments below. |
Manufactured Product, Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product, Therapeutic Product Relationship | 5794 | Includes concept additions |
| Device Non-proprietary Therapeutic Product | 3 | no change |
| Special Groupings | 1002 | no change |
| Coded Attributes | 6 | no change |
Manufactured Product Specific Comments
It is the intent of the CCDD formal names to always be unique. However, in this release there are several Manufactured Product concept formal names that did not generate uniquely following the CCDD Manufactured Product naming pattern as documented in the Manufactured Product section of the Editorial Guidelines. See below for an example:
02028174 | ACETAMINOPHEN, CAFFEINE & CODEINE (acetaminophen 300 mg and caffeine 15 mg and codeine phosphate 8 mg oral tablet) PHARMASCIENCE INC |
02025337 | ACETAMINOPHEN, CAFFEINE & CODEINE (acetaminophen 300 mg and caffeine 15 mg and codeine phosphate 8 mg oral tablet) PHARMASCIENCE INC |
This lack of unique formal names for the Manufactured Product will be addressed via a change made to the Health Canada Drug Database over the course of the next couple of months.
Terminology Gateway Specific Comments
A link to the Release notes on this page has been added to the Gateway CCDD files. Users may use the "Change Logs" available when viewing each individual file on the Gateway. The change logs identify the additions and changes to a code or formal name only. If there has been a change to a status or status date, it will not appear in the change log at this time.