scope:

The scope of this Technical Report covers: a) specifying the international business requirements for an international coding system for medicinal products; b) analysing the most significant international coding systems for medicinal products in current use and within the context of the objectives that each system was designed to serve; c) assessing the potential ability of each international coding system to fulfil the identified international business requirements of an international coding system for medicinal products; d) considering the issues involved in producing a unified international coding system which will meet all business requirements; e) recommending next steps for a unified international coding system for medicinal products.