Table of Contents: 2022 MAY–JUNE No. 446
May 2022 SNOMED CT MedDRA Simple Map Package Available for Download. NLM Tech Bull. 2022 May-Jun;(446):b5.
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the May 2022 SNOMED CT MedDRA Simple Map package is available for download. This release is dependent upon, and should therefore be consumed in conjunction with, the January 2022 SNOMED CT International Edition.
SNOMED International and International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)/MedDRA Maintenance and Support Services Organization (MSSO), together with regulatory and industry partners, developed the SNOMED CT to MedDRA and MedDRA to SNOMED CT maps as part of the WEB-RADR 2 project, funded by the European Union's (EU) Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). For full details, please see the Release Notes.
NOTE: An opportunity has been identified to improve the format of the SNOMED International Map Reference Set products. This will apply to all types of simple and complex Map Reference Sets going forward, including (but not limited to) the SNOMED CT MedDRA Simple Map package, from this 2022 release onwards. Please see section "7.3. RF2 map files" in the Release Notes for full details of the improvements.
If you have any questions about the SNOMED CT MedDRA Simple Map package production release, or have difficulties downloading the files, please contact SNOMED International at support@snomed.org with "2022 SNOMED CT MedDRA Simple Map package production release question" in the subject line.
To download the above releases, you must agree to the UMLS Metathesaurus License and have a UMLS Terminology Services login. To learn more about the license and to sign up for an account, please see the SNOMED CT License page for additional information. Any inquiries may be sent to NLM Customer Support.
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