Medicinal Product Form containing

This Editorial Guide is used for Education Purposes Only. It is used in the Authoring Courses and Certifications. It is based on the January 2026 Editorial Guide.

Overview

The |Product containing x in y dose form (medicinal product form)| concept is an abstract representation of active ingredient(s) and dose form intended site for a medicinal product. The medicinal product must contain the active ingredient(s) specified in the FSN but may also contain a modification of the active ingredient(s) specified in the FSN or may contain additional active ingredient(s) as well.

For example,

Product containing axitinib in oral dose form (medicinal product form)
Product containing abacavir and lamivudine in oral dose form (medicinal product form)

In other words, "MPF containing" represents a medicinal product based on description of active ingredient substances it contains and on the (generalized) intended site of use for the product.

For example,

"Product containing amoxicillin in oral dosage form" represents the group of products that must contain some amoxicillin (be it amoxicillin sodium or amoxicillin trihydrate or amoxicillin base), but may also contain other active ingredients, such as clavulanic acid, in manufactured dose forms such as oral suspension, oral capsule (any type), oral tablet (any type).

Use case(s) supported by |Product containing x in y dose form (medicinal product form)|

The main use case for the MPF (containing) is for analysis, as an aggregation concept for use in research.

IDMP Compatibility

A concept at this level with the open world view does not correspond to any concept currently in the IDMP suite of standards.

Modeling

Stated parent

763158003 |Medicinal product (product)

Semantic tag

(medicinal product form)

Definition status

Defined

Attribute:

Has active ingredient

Range: <105590001

Attribute:

Has manufactured dose form

Range: <736542009

Naming

Use the following pattern for the FSN and PT. Align naming and case sensitivity with the FSN for the concepts that are selected as the attribute value.

For multiple ingredient drug products, active ingredients must be in alphabetical order and separated by the word “and”.

FSN

Product containing <Active ingredient FSN> in <Manufactured dose form FSN> (medicinal product form)

Product containing <Active ingredient FSN> and <Active ingredient FSN> in <Manufactured dose form FSN> (medicinal product form)

Product containing <Active ingredient FSN> and <Active ingredient FSN> and <Active ingredient FSN> in <Manufactured dose form FSN> (medicinal product form)

For example,

Product containing axitinib in oral dose form (medicinal product form)
Product containing abacavir and lamivudine in oral dose form (medicinal product form)
Product containing abacavir and lamivudine and zidovudine in oral dose form (medicinal product form)

Creation of MPF-containing concepts for all possible combinations of active ingredients contained in multiple ingredient products is not recommended at this time (no specific use case has been identified). For example, a product containing three active ingredients would only require creation of one MPF-containing concept. If any of the active ingredients is available as a single ingredient product, or as part of another multiple ingredient concept, then appropriate concepts would be created for those products.