---
id: "medication_generic_name"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["medical"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 55
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/medication_generic_name"
---

# Medication generic name (`medication_generic_name`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Non-proprietary (generic) name of a medicine or its active ingredient, such as an International Nonproprietary Name (INN).

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Medical/pharma identifiers (medical)
- Countries: global
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: categorical

## Mappings

- autotype: `drug`
- purview: `Generic medication names`, `All medical terms and conditions`

## Supported by tools

- `autotype`
- `microsoftpurview`
- `nightfall`

## Sources

- doc: <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sit-defn-generic-medication-names>
- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_drug>
- schema.org: <https://schema.org/nonProprietaryName>

## Quality

Score 55/100. Missing: regexp, examples, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/medication_generic_name.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/medical/medication_generic_name.yaml>