Canadian Drug Identification Number (DIN)
ID ca_din
DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft
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Eight-digit number that Health Canada assigns to a drug product, for human or veterinary use, when it is authorized for sale in Canada. It is printed on the label. The Drug Product Database of Health Canada can be searched by DIN.
- Categories
- Medical/pharma identifiers
- Countries
- Canada
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Quality
- 75/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^\d{8}$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 00559393 | Tylenol Regular Strength |
| 00425362 | Tylenol No. 1 tablets |
| 0055939 invalid | Seven digits |
Sources
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_identification_number
- doc: https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/
Use this record
- Page URL:
http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ca_din - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/CA/medical/ca_din.yamlon GitHub