What is ISO/TR 14872 - Identification of medicinal products about?

Identification of medicinal products (IDMP) facilitates the unique identification of medicinal products and identify medicinal products with consistent documentation and terminologies.

ISO/TR 14872 focuses on IDMP that provides the basis for data collection and information exchange about key medicinal product characteristics that support the unique and unambiguous identification of medicinal products for a variety of regulatory and commercial business objectives and use cases.

ISO/TR 14872 describes the core principles and proposed service delivery model for supporting implementation and ongoing maintenance of IDMP terminologies.

The information provided in ISO/TR 14872 can be used as evaluation and design criteria when considering current or future operations and service level agreements for systems and terminology support services in conformity with IDMP.

Who is ISO/TR 14872 - Identification of medicinal products for?

ISO/TR 14872 on identification of medicinal products is useful for:

Developers of healthcare terminologies
Organizations seeking an opportunity to support creation and/or dissemination of IDMP terminologies
Regulatory bodies
Global regulators, pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical companies involved in the development, authorization and marketing of medicinal products
Clinical Research Organizations and universities/scientific institutes involved in the development, authorization and marketing of medicinal products

Why should you use ISO/TR 14872 - Identification of medicinal products?

ISO/TR 14872 describes the core operating principles and a proposed service delivery model for terminology maintenance services in support of five International Standards on the Identification of Medicinal Products.

ISO/TR 14872 is helpful for organizations interested in implementing or applying the international standards on identification of medicinal products (for example, technical format and scientific content) to their internal processes and systems in support of regulatory or healthcare-related business. ISO/TR 14872 supports principles and processes that should be exhibited by developers of healthcare terminologies in support of international healthcare terminology standardization, information technology service management and the design and maintenance of quality systems.

ISO/TR 14872 facilitates the unique identification of medicinal products in the context of pharmacovigilance and the safety of medications throughout the world and ensure the of exchange product information between global regulators, manufacturers, suppliers and distributors.

PD ISO/TR 14872:2019

Health informatics. Identification of medicinal products. Core principles for maintenance of identifiers and terms

Published:

31 Jul 2019

Withdrawn:

15 Dec 2025