WHO Drug Dictionary
The WHO Drug Dictionary is an international classification of medicines created by the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring and managed by the Uppsala Monitoring Centre.[1]
It is used by pharmaceutical companies, clinical trial organizations and drug regulatory authorities for identifying drug names in spontaneous ADR reporting (and pharmacovigilance) and in clinical trials.[2] Created in 1968 and regularly updated, since 2005 there have been major developments in the form of a WHO Drug Dictionary Enhanced (with considerably more fields and data entries) and a WHO Herbal Dictionary, which covers traditional and herbal medicines. Since 2016 all of the WHODrug products have been available in a single subscription service called WHODrug Global.[3]
Dictionary Versions
| Version | Release Date |
|---|---|
| WHODD Version 99.2 | March 1998 |
| WHODD 2003 (June) | 1 June 2003 |
| WHODD 1 June 2006 | 1 June 2006 |
| WHODD 1 June 2007 | 1 June 2007 |
| WHODD 1 June 2008 | 1 June 2008 |
| WHODD 1 June 2009 | 1 June 2009 |
The WHO Drug Dictionary has previously been abbreviated as "WHODRL" and may still be referenced as such.
References
- ↑ Lindquist M. Vigibase, the WHO Global ICSR Database System: Basic Facts. Drug Information Journal, 2008, 42:409-419.
- ↑ Alghabban A. Dictionary of Pharmacovigilance. Pharmaceutical Press, London, 2004.
- ↑ WHODrug Global web page