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RxNorm October 2017 Release

RxNorm October 2017 Release. NLM Tech Bull. 2017 Sep-Oct;(418):b13.

October 03, 2017 [posted]

The October full monthly release of RxNorm is available on Monday, October 2, 2017.

Medi-Span data has been removed from RxNorm at Wolters Kluwer’s request. As of October 2017, Medi-Span data will not be included in the RxNorm or UMLS releases. If you have questions, please contact: medispan-support@wolterskluwer.com.

An RxCUI History Application Programming Interface (API) is now available. The RxCUI History API allows users to obtain concept information on any RxNorm concept which has ever been in a version of the RxNorm data set since 2005. For more information, please go to: RxCUI History API