---
license: cc-by-4.0
language:
  - fr
  - ar
tags:
  - healthcare
  - algeria
  - pharmacy
  - medicine
  - nomenclature
  - open-data
  - maghreb
  - chifa
  - cnas
pretty_name: Algerian Drug Nomenclature
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K
task_categories:
  - tabular-classification
  - text-retrieval
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files: algerian_drug_nomenclature.csv
---

# 🇩🇿 Algerian Drug Nomenclature — *Nomenclature Nationale des Médicaments*

A clean, structured, **PII-free** reference dataset of pharmaceutical products authorised for the Algerian market, derived from the official **Nomenclature Nationale des Médicaments** (Ministère de la Santé, Algeria).

This is **reference product data** — registration numbers, INNs, brand names, dosages, manufacturers, and reimbursement status. It contains **no personal, patient, or transactional data of any kind.**

> Published by **[TKAWEN](https://huggingface.co/tkawen)** as part of our open-data program: well-curated, openly licensed datasets for Algerian and Maghrebi AI.

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## 📊 At a glance

| | |
|---|---|
| **Records** | 4,627 registered products |
| **Distinct INNs (active substances)** | 1,365 |
| **Manufacturers / decision holders** | 827 |
| **Reimbursable (CNAS/CASNOS)** | 3,268 |
| **Format** | single UTF-8 CSV |
| **PII** | none |

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## 🧬 Schema

| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| `id` | Row identifier |
| `registration_number` | National registration number (*numéro d'enregistrement*) |
| `code` | Nomenclature code |
| `inn` | International Non-proprietary Name — the active substance (*DCI*) |
| `brand_name` | Commercial brand name (*nom de marque*) |
| `form` | Galenic form (tablet, syrup, injection…) |
| `dosage` | Strength / concentration |
| `packaging` | Conditioning (*conditionnement*) |
| `list` | Regulatory list (Liste I / Liste II…) |
| `p1`, `p2` | Dispensing setting flags (HOP = hospital, OFF = officine/pharmacy) |
| `observation` | Free-text notes |
| `laboratory` | Holder of the registration decision |
| `laboratory_country` | Country of the holder laboratory |
| `registration_date_initial` | Initial registration date |
| `registration_date_final` | Latest registration date |
| `type` | Product type (e.g. `Ge` = generic) |
| `status` | Registration status |
| `shelf_life` | Stated stability / shelf life |
| `price_decision` | Price carried on the registration decision |
| `reimbursable` | Reimbursement eligibility (OUI / blank) |

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## 🚀 Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("tkawen/algerian-drug-nomenclature", split="train")
print(ds[0])

# e.g. every reimbursable generic
generics = ds.filter(lambda r: r["type"] == "Ge" and r["reimbursable"] == "OUI")
```

```python
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv("hf://datasets/tkawen/algerian-drug-nomenclature/algerian_drug_nomenclature.csv")
df.groupby("inn").size().sort_values(ascending=False).head(20)
```

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## 💡 Intended uses

- **Pharmacy & health-tech software** — drug autocomplete, code/INN lookup, CHIFA/CNAS-compatible product references.
- **Pharmacovigilance & research** — generic-vs-brand mapping, manufacturer landscape, reimbursement analysis.
- **NLP for the Maghreb** — entity normalisation of Algerian drug names (FR/AR), retrieval and matching.
- **Education** — a real, well-shaped tabular dataset for teaching.

## ⚠️ Limitations & responsible use

- This is a **historical snapshot** of the national nomenclature, **not** a live regulatory feed. Registration status, prices, and reimbursement can change. **Always verify against the current official source before any clinical, dispensing, or billing decision.**
- Prices are *as carried on the registration decision* and are not a real-time market price.
- Not medical advice. Not a substitute for the prescriber, the pharmacist, or official CNAS/CASNOS rules.

## 📜 Source & license

- **Primary source:** Nomenclature Nationale des Médicaments — Ministère de la Santé, République Algérienne (official public nomenclature).
- Cleaned, normalised, and re-published with English column names by TKAWEN.
- **License:** CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution.

## 🔒 Privacy

By design this dataset is **reference product data only**. It contains **no patient data, no prescriptions, no transactions, and no personal information**. This reflects TKAWEN's core principle: *anonymized features and reference data, never PII.*

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