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Drug utilization data presented in DDDs give a rough estimate of consumption and not an exact picture of actual use. DDDs provide a fixed unit of measurement independent of price, currencies, package size and strength enabling the researcher to assess trends in drug utilization and to perform comparisons between population groups. More @Wikipedia
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- Defined Daily Dose (DDD) - World Health Organization (WHO)Drug utilization data presented in DDDs give a rough estimate of consumption and not an exact picture of actual use. DDDs provide a fixed unit of measurement independent of price, currencies, package size and strength enabling the researcher to assess trends in drug utilization and to perform comparisons between population groups.
- Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) ClassificationMedicinal substances frequently have several ATC codes for various routes of administration with different therapeutic uses, for example products that contain prednisolone as a single ingredient have eight different ATC codes according to the indication (systemic and various local application formulations).
- WHO Drug InformationLaunched in 1987, WHO Drug Information communicates the latest international news and trends to regulatory agencies, academic and training institutions, researchers, consumer bodies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers and focuses on topics impacting the safety, efficacy and quality of medicines, medical products, herbals and biomedicines.
- Medicines - World Health Organization (WHO)The first is regulatory issues, which can affect how medicines are bought to market, create lag times and cause the supply of medicines in some areas of the globe to be delayed long after they are available elsewhere. High prices, misuse of drugs and poor or unreliable drug quality contribute to this issue.
- Annex 5 WHO good distribution practices for pharmaceutical products236 1. Introduction Distribution is an important activity in the integrated supply-chain management of pharmaceutical products.
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