Interface to Health Canada Drug Product Database API
Overview
A programmatic interface to Health Canada's Drug Product Database (DPD) REST API for querying information about drugs approved for use in Canada. More information on the DPD can be found in the API guide (https://health-products.canada.ca/api/documentation/dpd-documentation-en.html).
- Initial public release.
From NEWS.md in the release
Install
Health
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Documentation
- Help pages
- 12 (1 internal)includes a package overview page
- Examples that run
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- Exported functions with examples
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- Documented parameters
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- Return-value docs
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- Help pages citing references
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Downloads
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Forks over time
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Dependencies
Code & Tests
People & History
- RR 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
- 0.1.0Latest2026-03-02 · current release
- RR 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
Package metadata
- First published
- 2026-03-02
- Total releases
- 1 / 1 yrs
- License
- MIT + file LICENSE OSI
- Minimum R
- ≥ 4.1.0
- Download size
- 13 KB
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