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Infobox drug: Changes log

2016-12-08: add ECHA InfoCard from Wikidata P2566 (// with Chembox)
2017-02-14: add licence_CA, improve showing+link of DailyMedID. licence_US link broken at FDA site.
2017-02-16: PubChem (CID) add option 'none'. Shows & categorised (also: CASnr, Chemspider, ATCcode), simplyfy ATC/vet, fix ATC issues, always show PubChem SID, added licenSe_EU, licenSe_CA, general code cleanup
2017-02-16, indexes (2nd identifiers): use unbulleted list not <br />, use /formatX subtemplates, use standard formatting, rename some index params (hard removal)
2017-02-16, tracking categories: track 2nd identifiers & indexes to help maintenance checking (incl. Wikidata), rename and deprecate some, redo the track subtemplate, add default tracking option (when no need for new category)
2017-05-10: add physiological data set (endogenous drugs); parameter metabolites possible in two sections.
2017-05-19: reorder to position of pronunciation in rare situation; metabolism maybe repeated in contexts; add option component #5.
2017-07-20: add new parameter legal_BR, legal_BR_comment with options (Brazil)
2017-08-18: add INN_EMA to allow EMA-licence showing for differently written INN.
2017-08-25: add local INN variants AAN, BAN, JAN, USAN as synonyms; move synonyms into clinical data section.
2017-10-15: add cat 'Drug has EMA link', rm cat 'Drug has EU (EMA) licence'. See EMA talks.
2017-10-21: licence_EU and EMA: improve external link (see also subtemplate)
2018-03-08: adjust TemplatePar error message
2018-03-31: add tracking physiologica data
2018-03-31: add section gene therapy; with 4 parameters; tracking
2018-03-31: add parameter gt_target_gene
2018-04-14: adjust labels in gene therapy (gt_*)
2018-04-18: add links 'edit at WD' to E-number and ECHA chart ID
2018-08-20: vaccine_type: allow free text
2019-04-22: add DTXSID, DTXSID2 for CompTox database el (uses P3117)
2020-07-05: Category:Infobox-drug molecular-weight unexpected-character: +main other

Parameter change

Could we change the parameters Uuo, Uup, Uus, and Uut to Og, Mc, Ts, and Nh (reflecting recent element name changes)? SeaDragon1 (talk) 03:16, 27 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 8 December 2025

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Bioavailability needs to be disambiguated to Bioavailability (medicine). An editor moved the article, and now the base title is a disambiguation page. Natg 19 (talk) 20:24, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done DMacks (talk) 20:34, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@DMacks sorry, please revert the change. The article move was reverted per RMT. Natg 19 (talk) 20:56, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done DMacks (talk) 21:00, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 24 March 2026

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Please avoid an unecessary redirect by replacing [[U.S. Food and Drug Administration|FDA]] by [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]]. Colonies Chris (talk) 20:57, 24 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 04:17, 25 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Colonies Chris (talk) 13:16, 25 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No MeSH identifier in template

Hi, just making a topic/request for MeSH ID/terms to be added? There are MeSH templates already which is the only reason I would see the ID not getting added to the infobox. For example, Loperamide has the MeSH ID: D008139, or LSD has D008238; all of the drugs have MeSH IDs; as the template stands, the MeSH identifier or tree cannot be added to Wikipedia pages in the infobox:drug template. Hopefully this isn't a pointless post. Thanks

[[User:Catcus_DeMeowwy]] (talk) 03:24, 2 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 21 May 2026

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the property word-break should be updated following MDN's specifications.

the property word-break: break-all; causes issues where words are split in the middle rather than in hyphens, for example. this is especially unwanted with numbers ("10" turning into "1" // "0"). the correct property would be overflow-wrap: break-word;. below is a little demo:

word-break: break-all;

(6aR,10aR)-6,6,9-Trimethyl-3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6H-benzo[c]chromen-1-ol

overflow-wrap: break-word;

(6aR,10aR)-6,6,9-Trimethyl-3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6H-benzo[c]chromen-1-ol

the property word-break: break-word; is quite odd, since in the template, it is used to break up strings of identifiers. as such, it should be changed to overflow-wrap: anywhere;

sources:

Juwan 🕊️🌈 10:41, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Old but possibly related discussion: Template talk:Infobox drug/Archive 10#SMILES problem. It seems that unless you allow it break mid-word there are some pages where the box is wider than the width of the screen, because there is nowhere to break. Pingyangmycin was given as an example. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:03, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Update DrugBank field to handle metabolites?

Hello. Can we update the DrugBank ID field to also be able to handle "metabolite" DrugBank entries? Here's an example: DBMET01359. Thank you. – AlyInWikiWonderland (talk, contribs) 02:41, 11 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]