2025-07-24: DEUSG Virtual

2025-07-24: DEUSG Virtual

Meeting Details

Date & Time: Thursday 24th July, 2025. 11am UTC

Objectives

  • Users' discussions about the SNOMED International Drug Model and National Drug Extension Model.

Attendees: Alejandro Lopez Osornio Monica Harry Yongsheng Gao Nicola Ingram Mia van Dorp Achyut Patil (Unlicensed) Aditya Parnandi (Unlicensed) ana.paredes (Deactivated) @Benny van Bruwaen Betania Arispe (Unlicensed) Claudie Sombie (Deactivated)Dion McMurtrie Colin Macfarlane (Unlicensed) Émilie NGUYEN (Unlicensed) francois.lavoie (Unlicensed) @Ger Gahan Guillermo Reynoso Hui Pheng Teoh (Unlicensed)  Jaya Sonavane (Unlicensed) Justin Stout (Unlicensed) Joanna Hand Julie Boutin Karen Rees Krista Lilly Yongsheng Gao Linda Bird (Unlicensed) Oumaima Kharrat (Unlicensed) Marie-Alexandra Lambot @maria gomez Michael Keary @nick mcgraw Noelle Horan (Unlicensed) Olivia Dalleur (Unlicensed) Paul Wright Robert Wynne (Unlicensed) Stuart Abbott (Unlicensed) Tara Kelly (Unlicensed) Wei Zhou (Unlicensed) Yolaine Forget (Unlicensed)  

 

Discussion items

Item

Description

Mins

Owner

Notes & Actions

Item

Description

Mins

Owner

Notes & Actions

1

Opening

2

 Alejandro Lopez Osornio

Welcome & Notification of Recording

2

Substances Co-Ordination

10

Krista Lilly 

Workshop/Clinic to support queries from countries currently undergoing reviews in advance of promotion. Policies related to substance submissions during this project.  Medication Substances Project 2025/2026

3

Implementation of Routes of Administration for medicines

15

Mia van Dorp 

Update from New Zealand on Implementation of Routes of Administration

Presentation: 

4

Editorial advice for PCDs PTs

10

Alejandro Lopez Osornio Karen Rees 

Consultation received from members about improving the guidance on this topic

5

Drug Administration vs Therapy

10

Nicola Ingram 

Highlight discussion topic

6

AOB

2

Alejandro Lopez Osornio 

Prioritize backlog for next steps

Next meeting: August 7th, 2025

Antwerp 2025:

7

Topic Backlog

 

 

  • Less Granular Clinical Drug

  • Elemental Substances (Matt, AUS)

  • Substances Co-ordination

    • Step 1: Substances in multiple extensions Batch promotions complete, SI review and authoring underway

    • Step 2: Substances in one extension

    • Step 3: Ongoing Substance Co-ordination (capturing at regulator level)

  • Medication Stopped v Medication Discontinued (Karen, SI)

  • Medicinal Product promotion co-ordination (Oslo group discussion as linked to substances work + ES)

  • Value range of a |Has container type| attribute (Linda, CA)

  • Top level children of 373873005 |Pharmaceutical / biologic product| hierarchy - are members using/how are members using? (AUS) 

  • Routes of Administration - Implementation Considerations (Mia, NZ)

  • Increase range of has active ingredient to include microorganisms and natural products (Guillermo)

  • Link between Substances and the organism they come from (Cat dander protein → Cat organism) see PCP-68

 

Done or in progress:

  • Hydration Subsumption 'Option 3' proposed by DEUSG for communication/consultation with MAG and EAG

  • Group Input on Patch Strength Representation Briefing note now being implemented

  • Dose Form Intended Site v Route of Administration (BEL) Pending implementation use-cases associated with intended site

  • Drug extension MRCM attributes (CA, AUS) SI facilitating links with CA and AUS for cross-promotion, next steps: other countries to be invited to add to catalogue

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