TABLE 3.
Drug coding system in Brazil.
| Drug coding system | Description | Data sources |
|---|---|---|
| EAN-13 | This is the International Article Number (also known as European Article Number or EAN). It is a standard describing a barcode symbology and numbering system used in global trade to identify a specific retail product type, in a specific packaging configuration, from a specific manufacturer. In Brazil, it presents the National Code of the Products | FARMÁCIA POPULAR; BPS |
| CATMAT | This is the Material Registry of the Ministry of Economy (in Portuguese, Cadastro de Materiais do Ministério da Economia). This code allows the cataloging of materials destined to the activities and means of Public Administration. The categories referring to health products and medicines are under the responsibility of the Cataloging Unit of the Ministry of Health (UC/MS). The objective is to establish and maintain a unique and standardized language for the identification, coding and description of materials to be acquired by the Federal Government, through ComprasNet. | BNAFAR; HORUS; BPS |
| DCB | The Common Brazilian Denomination (in Portuguese, Denominação Comum Brasileira) is the medication name according to the National List of Essential Medicines (in Portuguese, RENAME, Relação Nacional de Medicamentos Essenciais). It is the generic name (non-proprietary or non-commercial) of the drug or pharmacologically active principle, based on the official chemical name and pharmacological classification, and approved by the Thematic Technical Committee of the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia Commission (CTT-DCB), in the form of Board Resolution Anvisa Collegiate Body (RDC) | BPS; SI-PNI; SISAB; CMD |
| SIGTAP | This the code adopted by the System of Procedures, Medicines and OPM Management of the Unified Health System. It is known as the SUS Table (in Portuguese, Tabela SUS) | SIA-SUS; SIH-SUS; SISAB |
| Register number | This is the register number that informs the complete number by which the product is registered with Anvisa, including the digits related to the presentation (13 digits) | BPS |
| Specific codes, drug name, or active principle | Name of the medication recorded as the name of active principle or coded according to the study protocol | PNAUM; PNS; SGNPC; SINAN |