AIC	Italian acronym for the Italian marketing authorization
AIFA	Italian acronym for the Italian Medicines Agency
AME	Administration Method
API	Active pharmaceutical ingredient
ATC	Anatomical Therapeutical Chemical
BDF	Basic Dose Form
DDD	Defined Daily Dose
DS	Degree of substitutability
EDQM	European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare
EMA	European Medicines Agency
EU	European Union
FC	Fixed combination
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
ICH	International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
ISI	Intended Site
MA	Marketing Authorization
MP	Medicinal product
NDXUP	Number of DDDs for presentation unit
NRD	Normalized relative distance
OTC	Over-the-counter
PCA	Principal Component Analysis
RCA	Release Characteristic
RP	Relative position
SSN	Italian acronym for the Italian Health Service
ST	Standard Term
ST-ID	Identification number of Standard Term
TRN	Transformation
USP	United States Pharmacopeia
WHO	World Health Organization