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+# WHOCC: WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology
+
+All antimicrobial drugs and their official names, ATC codes, ATC groups
+and defined daily dose (DDD) are included in this package, using the WHO
+Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology.
+
+## WHOCC
+
+This package contains **all ~550 antibiotic, antimycotic and antiviral
+drugs** and their Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) codes, ATC
+groups and Defined Daily Dose (DDD) from the World Health Organization
+Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology (WHOCC,
+<https://atcddd.fhi.no>) and the Pharmaceuticals Community Register of
+the European Commission
+(<https://ec.europa.eu/health/documents/community-register/html/reg_hum_atc.htm>).
+
+These have become the gold standard for international drug utilisation
+monitoring and research.
+
+The WHOCC is located in Oslo at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health
+and funded by the Norwegian government. The European Commission is the
+executive of the European Union and promotes its general interest.
+
+**NOTE: The WHOCC copyright does not allow use for commercial purposes,
+unlike any other info from this package.** See
+<https://atcddd.fhi.no/copyright_disclaimer/.>
+
+## Examples
+
+``` r
+as.ab("meropenem")
+#> Class 'ab'
+#> [1] MEM
+ab_name("J01DH02")
+#> [1] "Meropenem"
+
+ab_tradenames("flucloxacillin")
+#>  [1] "bactopen"             "cloxacap"             "cloxacillinhydrate"  
+#>  [4] "cloxypen"             "floxacillin"          "floxacillinanhydrous"
+#>  [7] "floxapen"             "floxapensalt"         "fluclomix"           
+#> [10] "flucloxacilina"       "flucloxacilline"      "flucloxacillinum"    
+#> [13] "flucloxin"            "fluorochloroxacillin" "galfloxin"           
+#> [16] "latocillin"           "orbeninhydrate"       "rimaflox"            
+#> [19] "staphobristol"        "zoxin"               
+```