ISO/TR 25257:2009 covers:
- specifying the international business requirements for an international coding system for medicinal products;
- analysing the most significant international coding systems for medicinal products in current use and within the context of the objectives that each system was designed to serve;
- assessing the potential ability of each international coding system to fulfil the identified international business requirements of an international coding system for medicinal products;
- considering the issues involved in producing a unified international coding system which will meet all business requirements;
- recommending next steps for a unified international coding system for medicinal products.