At the Wellington meeting it was determined that the current definition of "Product" was both too broad and included terms that were not universally useful. It was determined that to address the needs of the new Drug Concept Model and to make sure that the definition of products in the International release is consistent with the content.
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Jim Case
Current definition Editorial Guide July 2016: "This hierarchy was introduced as a top-level hierarchy in order to clearly distinguish drug products (products) from their chemical constituents (substances). It contains concepts that represent the multiple levels of granularity required to support a variety of uses cases such as computerized provider order entry (CPOE), e-prescribing, decision support and formulary management. The levels of drug products represented in the International Release include Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP), Virtual Therapeutic Moiety (VTM), and Product Category.”