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Canadian Drug File v2

Canadian Drug File v2 provides customers with a name-based drug file containing Canadian drug products. This file contains the basic drug information needed to support the drug file requirements of a medical record, e-prescribing or pharmacy system.

Canadian Drug File v2 offers:

  • Drug name concepts
  • Drug brand name
  • Routed drugs
  • Dosage forms
  • Route
  • Drug descriptor
  • Drug descriptor by country
  • GPI to Generic Dispensable Drug
  • GPI to AHFS Codes
  • NAPRA Codes
  • KDC Names
  • AHFS Classification
  • Packaging
  • Labeler
  • Dispensable Drug attribute descriptions

Canadian Drug File v2 provides a "MED-File"-like offering for our Canadian customers.

The drug products included in the Canadian Drug File cover a broad spectrum of pharmaceutical drug products, chemicals, OTC products, devices, supplies and related items.


Medi-Span®, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, is the leading provider of prescription drug information and drug interactions databases for thousands of health care professionals worldwide. With more than 30 years experience, Medi-Span continues to offer authoritative adverse drug reactions information and drug contraindications data in a variety of formats, including clinical decision support and disease suite modules, application programming interfaces and stand-alone software applications. Price Rx®, a Medi-Span product, offers drug pricing information for drug pricing analysis, formularly management and drug utilization review. In conjunction with superior implementation and experienced customer support, the Medi-Span product line is the perfect choice for those needing accurate, trusted drug data that easily integrates into existing software applications.