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HPK

English translation: proprietary name (code)

16:04 Jul 18, 2009
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Dutch term or phrase: HPK
"Mogeljkheid om bij substitutie van geneesmiddelen HPK's te koppelen.
I found this:http://www.knmp.nl/download-bestanden/vakinhoud-1/farmacothe...

is there an equivalent in English? Thanks for any help

Thank you,
katerina turevich
Netherlands
Local time: 15:55
English translation:proprietary name (code)
Explanation:
Based on the refs. already posted here, this seems to refer to the drug's proprietary name (as opposed to the generic name or chemical name):

-> "What adds to the complexity is that every drug has at least three names: a chemical name based on the compound's structure; a generic (or nonproprietary) name that is the drug's official name throughout its lifetime and a trade (or proprietary) name used by the pharmaceutical company for a 17-year period in which it has the exclusive rights to make and sell the drug."
http://www.igorinternational.com/press/stanford-trade-names-...
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Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 15:55
Grading comment
Thank you! In the end I left HPK as is, and added "Dutch pharmeceutical trade name coding system" in parenthesis. I had inquired with the client about it. For some reason it is important to them. Also special thanks to Lianne.
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Summary of answers provided
3EPC (Electronic Product Code)
Textpertise
3proprietary name (code)
Chris Hopley
1 -1HPK
njin
Summary of reference entries provided
HandelsProduktKode
SJLD
unique Dutch coding system
Lianne van de Ven

  

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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): -1
HPK


Explanation:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0927257.html
http://aac.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/43/7/1693


njin
Local time: 15:55
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ariadne Ashby: see http://www.syntheshis.nl/archief/jaargang2nummer1/voorschrij...
3 mins
disagree  Lianne van de Ven: ref Ariadne's links en katerina's pdf
25 mins
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
EPC (Electronic Product Code)


Explanation:
EPC helps jumpstart RFID: the pharmaceutical industry's successful Jumpstart Program is proving the usefulness of the Electronic Product Code.(radio frequency identification)
From Food & Drug Packaging, May 1, 2005
To some people, the letters RFID and EPC may seem like indecipherable text messaging. But radio frequency identification (RFID) and the Electronic Product Code (EPC) are making as great an impact on package shipping as instant messaging is with today's youth.

All EPCs use RFID technology. But not all RFID tags house the Electronic Product Code, which is a unique number that identifies a specific object (a package, case or pallet) in motion in the supply chain.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-07-18 23:21:08 GMT)
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Conceded this may not be identical to HPK but might be the nearest English equivalent, considering that different countries do the same sorts of things that The Netherlands do.


    Reference: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-133218494.html
Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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2 days 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
handelsproductcode
proprietary name (code)


Explanation:
Based on the refs. already posted here, this seems to refer to the drug's proprietary name (as opposed to the generic name or chemical name):

-> "What adds to the complexity is that every drug has at least three names: a chemical name based on the compound's structure; a generic (or nonproprietary) name that is the drug's official name throughout its lifetime and a trade (or proprietary) name used by the pharmaceutical company for a 17-year period in which it has the exclusive rights to make and sell the drug."
http://www.igorinternational.com/press/stanford-trade-names-...

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 15:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you! In the end I left HPK as is, and added "Dutch pharmeceutical trade name coding system" in parenthesis. I had inquired with the client about it. For some reason it is important to them. Also special thanks to Lianne.
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Reference comments


49 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: HandelsProduktKode

Reference information:
http://www.z-index.nl/G-standaard_beschrijvingen/Technisch/B...

SJLD
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Chris Hopley: Dit is ook mooi: "HPKODE (handelsproductcode)" (http://www.z-index.nl/Publicaties/Taxe_brief/taxe_2004-2.htm )
2 days 16 hrs
  -> thanks Chris - frankly, I don't see why this is difficult to translate - am I missing something?
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1 hr
Reference: unique Dutch coding system

Reference information:
There are equivalents in English but they are not the same.

Standaard naamgeving HPK
De naam van de HPK is zoveel mogelijk gebaseerd op de naam waaronder het product is geregistreerd.
http://www.knmp.nl/download-bestanden/vakinhoud-1/farmacothe...

HPK-code: dit is een unieke code (officiële KNMP-code)
http://www.prestoweb.nl/Download/Manual305q.pdf

"In MicroHIS 6.1 there was no standardization of medication, dosage codes and medication indications. Each was entered according to the physician's own consideration. This caused the RNG many problems in processing the data. After the conversion took place, the standardized data of the KNMP (Royal Dutch Pharmacists Society) was used.
http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/18/3/288.pdf

Medical Coding.net
http://www.medical-coding.net/data/ndc/?source=overture&ovmk...

Lianne van de Ven
United States
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 24
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