dron.md

layout	id	contact	description	domain	homepage	products	title	build	tracker	license	activity_status
ontology_detail	dron	email label [email protected] William Hogan	An ontology to support comparative effectiveness researchers studying claims data.	health	https://bitbucket.org/uamsdbmi/dron.git	id dron.owl	The Drug Ontology	source_url method http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/dron.owl owl2obo	https://ontology.atlassian.net/browse/DRON	url label http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY	active

We built this ontology primarily to support comparative effectiveness researchers studying claims data. They need to be able to query U.S. National Drug Codes (NDCs) by ingredient, mechanism of action (beta-adrenergic blockade), physiological effect (diuresis), and therapeutic intent (anti-hypertensive).