---
title: "Actual Medicinal Product (AMP)"
method: GET
path: "/amp/{ampid}"
---

# Actual Medicinal Product (AMP)

`GET /amp/{ampid}`

An Actual Medicinal Product (AMP) is a single dose unit of a finished dose form (unless the product is presented as a continuous dosage form), attributable to an identified supplier that contains a specified amount of an ingredient substance.

  Examples of Actual Medicinal Products:-
  - Atenolol 100mg tablets (Almus Pharmaceuticals Ltd)
  
  - Tenormin 100mg tablets (AstraZeneca UK Ltd)
  
  - Estracombi TTS patches (Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd) 
  
  - Augmentin 375mg tablets (GlaxoSmithKline UK Ltd) 
  
  - Doxorubicin 10mg/5ml solution for injection vials (Pfizer Ltd) 
  
  - Efudix 5% cream (Meda Pharmaceuticals Ltd)

## Path parameters

- `ampid` number, required

## Query parameters

- `summary` boolean
- `release` string

## Response `200`

An AMP

- AMP
  - `ampid` integer, required — Actual medicinal product identifier. Code taken from the UK extension namespace section of Snomed CT.
  - `invalid` boolean — True indicates that this dictionary entry is invalid.
  - `vmpid` integer, required — Unique identifier for the associated Virtual Medicinal Product.
  - `vmp_name` string — Name of the associated Virtual Medicinal Product. Further details can be retrieved from the VMP resource
  - `combination_product` 1 | 2 — Flag denoting that the AMP is a combination product or is only available as a component of a combination product (i.e. not available in its own right). * `1` - combination product * `2` - component only product
  - `name` string, required — Name of the Actual Medicinal Product.
  - `name_date` string, date — date from which the name became the preferred name for the Actual Medicinal Product as specified by the supplier
  - `prev_name` string — Name used prior to name_date.
  - `short_name` string — An abbreviation of the AMP name up to 60 characters which can be used for labelling
  - `description` string — A unique description of the AMP that is used to identify the actual medicinal product. This will consist of AMP name + product order number + size + colour + (Supplier). Product order number, size and colour are applicable for appliances only.
  - `supplierid` number — Snomed CT code identifying the supplier, details of which can be retrieved from the Supplier resource
  - `flavour` boolean — Flavour is true this is a definitional attribute of the AMP i.e. where a supplier provides 2 or more AMPs that are clinically equivalent and differentiated only by flavour
  - `ema_additional_monitoring` boolean — Product is on the list of medicinal products under additional monitoring issued by the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
  - `parallel_import` boolean — AMP has been procured and imported from within the European Union. These AMPs will have a parallel import product licence - PL(PI)
  - `licensing_authority` string — Current Licensing authority * `0` - None * `1` - Medicines - MHRA / EMA * `2` - Devices * `3` - Unknown * `4` - Traditional Herbal Medicines
  - `prev_licensing_authority` 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 — Previous Licensing authority * `0` - None * `1` - Medicines - MHRA / EMA * `2` - Devices * `3` - Unknown * `4` - Traditional Herbal Medicines
  - `licensing_authority_change_date` string, date — Date at which the licensing authority changed
  - `licensing_authority_change_reason` 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 — The reason for license authority change * `1` - Licence granted * `2` - Licence transferred * `3` - Withdrawn manufacturer * `4` - Withdrawn CHM * `5` - Suspended CHM * `6` - Discontinued/expired/lapsed * `7` - Reintroduced * `8` - No reason available
  - `availability_restriction` 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 — Restrictions on availability * `1` - None * `2` - Restricted availability * `3` - Individual patient supply * `4` - Imported * `5` - Clinical trial * `6` - Special * `7` - Extemporaneous * `8` - Hospital only * `9` - Not available
  - `licensed_route` object[] — licensed route of administration of the AMP
    - `code` integer — concept ID
    - `desc` string — Snomed preferred term
  - `excipient` object[] — substance other than an ‘ingredient substance’ that furnishes an effect deemed significant
    - `ingredient` object
      - `code` integer — concept ID
      - `desc` string — Snomed preferred term
    - `strength` integer
    - `unit_of_measure` object
      - `code` integer — concept ID
      - `desc` string — Snomed preferred term
  - `applicance_info` object[]
    - `size_weight` string — Information relating to the size of an appliance where this information is not captured within the AMP name e.g. incontinence sheaths where the size may be expressed in mm, by description (small) or both.
    - `colour` string — Occasionally colour is useful in determining which of a number of optional devices is appropriate.
    - `order_number` string — Up to 20 chars

## Other responses

- `default` — Unexpected error

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