A Drug Identification Number (DIN) is a computer-generated eight digit number assigned by Health Canada to a drug product prior to being marketed in Canada. It uniquely identifies all drug products sold in a dosage form in Canada and is located on the label of prescription and over-the-counter drug products that have been evaluated and authorized for sale in Canada.

Prefix

hc.din

Links

Homepage

Contact

Missing Contact

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Health Canada Drug Identification Number should match this regular expression:
^\d{8}$

Example Local Unique Identifier

02069237

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Health Canada Drug Identification Number should match this regular expression:
^hc\.din:\d{8}$

Example CURIE

hc.din:02069237

References

Other http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodpharma/databasdon/index-eng.php

Contributors

• submitter Charles Tapley Hoyt   0000-0003-4423-4370   cthoyt

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