WHO ATC/DDD Index

Official searchable ATC classification and Defined Daily Dose index maintained by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology.

Resource family Terminologies & Dictionaries
Resource type Drug Classification And Defined Daily Dose Index
Maintained by WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology
Jurisdiction Global
Status WHO Collaborating Centre classification resource
Access Public
Official link verified 2026-09-04
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The ATC/DDD Index is used to classify medicines by anatomical, therapeutic and chemical characteristics and to support standardised drug-utilisation work. It is distinct from MedDRA, which codes medical concepts and adverse-event information, and WHODrug, which identifies medicinal products and drug names.