Configuring WHO Drug

Oracle Argus Safety supports WHO-Drug encoding using a locally installed version of the WHO-Drug dictionary through the WHO-Drug browser.

  • A switch in Argus enables you to use either local WHO-Drug Coding or Central System WHO-Drug Coding (Web Service Method) under the Dictionary browser category.
    • Local (Default): Uses the current functionality of WHO-Drug browser that uses the Local Dictionary in the Database.
    • Web Service: Returns the WHO-Drug fields via the configured Web Services.
    • The system enables the User Local MedDRA if term is not found by Web Service.