The Norwegian Prescribed Drug Registry

First published 24/10/2024

Last updated 06/11/2025

Data source

Human

Pharmacy dispensing records

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Administrative details

Data source ID: 1000000230

Name of data source: The Norwegian Prescribed Drug Registry

Data source acronym: NorPD

Data holder: The Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Data source type: Pharmacy dispensing records

Main financial support: Funding by own institution

National, regional, or municipal public funding

Care setting: Primary care – GP, community pharmacist level

Data source qualification If the data source has successfully undergone a formal qualification process (e.g., from the EMA, ISO or other certifications), this should be described.: No

Data source website: The Norwegian Prescribed Drug Registry

Contact details

Maria Truong lmr.data@fhi.no

Main

lmr.data@fhi.no

Data source regions and languages

Data source countries: Norway

Data source languages: Norwegian

Data source establishment

Data source established: 01/01/2004

Data source time span: First collection: 01/01/2004
The date when data started to be collected or extracted.

Publications

Data source publications

Cohen JM, Alvestad S, Suarez EA, Schaffer A, Selmer RM, Havard A, Bateman BT, Cesta CE, Zoega H, Odsbu I, Huybrechts KF, Kjerpeseth LJ, Straub L, Leinonen MK, Bjørk MH, Nørgaard M, Gissler M, Ulrichsen SP, Hernandez-Diaz S, Tomson T, Furu K. Comparative risk of major congenital malformations with antiseizure medication combinations versus valproate monotherapy in pregnancy. Neurology 2024;102(2)