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The Generic Product Identifier (GPI) is a 14-character hierarchical classification system created by Wolters Kluwer's MediSpan that identifies drugs from their primary therapeutic use down to the unique interchangeable product, regardless of manufacturer or package size. The code consists of seven subsets, each providing increasingly more specific information about a drug available with a prescription in the United States. The GPI is created and maintained by UpToDate, Inc, a Wolters Kluwer company.

Drug classA drug class is a group of medications and other compounds that share similar chemical structures, act through the same mechanism of action (i.e., binding to the same biological target), have similar modes of action, and/or are used to treat similar diseases. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has long worked to classify and license new medications. Its Drug Evaluation and Research Center categorizes these medications based on both their chemical and therapeutic classes. In several major drug...

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