Main Files in WHO-DD

1)Medicinal Products :
# This is the main file in which most information about the product is recorded. This file contains the unique identifier and the Trade name.
# It also contains information about the company responsible for the product internationally, and the company that markets the product.

2)Pharmaceutical Product :
# The WHO-DD allows for the use of a two-level structure of the product information.
# The two-level structure makes it possible to record both the Medicinal Product – the product name and the pharmaceutical products with their individual ingredient.

3)Therapeutic Group :
# Each medicinal product can be coded to one or several Therapeutic groups.
# The therapeutic grouping uses the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification (ATC).

4)Ingredient :
# Each Pharmaceutical Product contains one or several Ingredients.
# Only active substances are included (no excipients, colouring agents, filling agents etc.