Pharmaceutical Excipient

Preferred Label : Pharmaceutical Excipient;

NCIt synonyms : Drug Excipient; Excipient;

NCIt related terms : Inert Ingredient; Inactive Ingredient;

NCIt definition : Any intentionally added component of a finished pharmaceutical product other than the claimed therapeutic or diagnostic ingredient(s). The excipients are added to facilitate administration or manufacture, improve product delivery, promote the consistent release and bioavailability of the drug, enhance stability, assist in product identification, or enhance other product characteristics. Pharmaceutical excipients do not affect therapeutic effects of the preparation or suitable tests or assays. The term does not apply to macromolecular compounds like albumin, or compounds like amino acids and sugars that are used in biological products, nor does it apply to process or product-related impurities (e.g. degradation products, residual solvents), or extraneous contaminants.;

Alternative definition : PQCMC: An ingredient that is added for a purpose other than the intended pharmacological action.; CDISC: Any component of a study product other than an active ingredient. (After FDA 21 CFR 210.3(b)(8));

Details

Origin ID

C42637;

UMLS CUI

C0015237;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Drug vehicle (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Excipients [DeCS]
- Excipients, pharmaceutical [ICHI extension code]
- Pharmaceutical excipient (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- excipient [IUPAC Term]
- excipient [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- pharmaceutic aids [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Drug excipient (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- drug excipient [SNOMED Notion]
- excipients [MeSH Descriptor]
- excipients [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Pharmaceutical excipients [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
Manual BTNT mappings - CISMeF
- Homeopathic Triturating Agent [SYNODOS term]
- Water-Absorbing Agent [SYNODOS term]
- flavour enhancer (excipient) [SYNODOS term]
- plasticizer (Excipient) [SYNODOS term]
- suppository base [SYNODOS term]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical or Dental Material [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Drug excipient (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pharmaceutical excipient (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- drug excipient [SNOMED Notion]
- excipients [MeSH concept]
- excipients [MeSH Descriptor]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Excipients, pharmaceutical [ICD-11 Extension code]
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- CDISC Protocol Ingredient Type Value Set Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC Protocol Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]
- FDA Pharmaceutical Quality/CMC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- PQ/CMC Drug Product Component Function Category Terminology [NCIt concept]

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