This dimension marks whether a drug appears on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. Wikipedia notes that the list "contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system." Browsing this way separates drugs on the WHO essential list from those that are not.
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The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System is a drug classification system that classifies the active ingredients of drugs according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, pharmacological and chemical properties.
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