Dear All,
Thanks to @lbird2 for presenting on strength representation in gaseous medicinal products at the last DEUSG meeting.
Linda highlighted 11 concepts (10 gas medicinal products, 1 oral capsule) where the existing strength numerator is less than 1 (e.g. 0.7 mL/mL) - differing from the editorial guidance.
Below are the proposed corrections to improve editorial guidance alignment. Please share any feedback, comments or queries on the below proposed changes:
Regards,
Shane
Proposal accepted - planned for 1st December release. Please see Release Note below.
Update to Medicinal Product Strength Representation
Following a request from the DEUSG and agreement from its members, adjustments have been made in line with the SNOMED CT Editorial Guide. The guidance specifies that strengths are normalized and, when the value is less than one, converted to a smaller unit (e.g. if the value is less than one milliliter, convert the value to microliter).
Editorial guidance for Product strength numerator values:
If a unit is less than one, convert to a smaller unit.
As part of this alignment, 11 clinical drug concepts have been updated in their FSN and PT to reflect Editorial policy, with corresponding unit changes while maintaining the same meaning.
Updated concepts (before - after):
5411000124106 |Product containing precisely ethanol 0.7 milliliter/1 milliliter conventional release cutaneous solution (clinical drug)|
1179480003 |Product containing precisely glycerol 0.05 milliliter/1 milliliter conventional release oral solution (clinical drug)|
895696005 |Product containing precisely helium 0.09 milliliter/1 milliliter and nitrogen 0.56 milliliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 0.35 milliliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)|
895694008 |Product containing precisely helium 0.79 milliliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 0.21 milliliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)|
895692007 |Product containing precisely carbon dioxide 0.05 milliliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 0.95 milliliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)|
895691000 |Product containing precisely carbon dioxide 0.1 milliliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 0.9 milliliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)|
895690004 |Product containing precisely carbon dioxide 0.2 milliliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 0.8 milliliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)|
895684003 |Product containing precisely air 0.95 milliliter/1 milliliter and carbon dioxide 0.05 milliliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)|
895680007 |Product containing precisely nitrous oxide 0.5 milliliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 0.5 milliliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)|
376525002 |Product containing precisely oxygen 0.995 milliliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)|
1141797004 |Product containing precisely peppermint oil 0.2 milliliter/1 each gastro-resistant oral capsule (clinical drug)|
This update ensures consistency with Editorial policy and improves clarity in the representation of strengths below one.
The work has been completed for the 1st December 2025 international release.
Hi All,
Please note that updates have been made to identified concepts and these will be published on 1st December.
These can be viewed in the Daily Build browser prior to publication: DailyBuild
5411000124106 | Product containing precisely ethanol 700 microliter/1 milliliter conventional release cutaneous solution (clinical drug)
1179480003 | Product containing precisely glycerol 50 microliter/1 milliliter conventional release oral solution (clinical drug)
895696005 | Product containing precisely helium 90 microliter/1 milliliter and nitrogen 560 microliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 350 microliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)
895694008 | Product containing precisely helium 790 microliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 210 microliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)
895692007 | Product containing precisely carbon dioxide 50 microliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 950 microliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)
895691000 | Product containing precisely carbon dioxide 100 microliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 900 microliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)
895690004 | Product containing precisely carbon dioxide 200 microliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 800 microliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)
895684003 | Product containing precisely air 950 microliter/1 milliliter and carbon dioxide 50 microliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)
895680007 | Product containing precisely nitrous oxide 500 microliter/1 milliliter and oxygen 500 microliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)
376525002 | Product containing precisely oxygen 995 microliter/1 milliliter conventional release gas for inhalation (clinical drug)
1141797004 | Product containing precisely peppermint oil 200 microliter/1 each gastro-resistant oral capsule (clinical drug)
Regards,
Shane
