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Will MedDRA continue to maintain the Special Search Categories?

April 26, 2017Categories Continue maintain meddra search special

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Will MedDRA continue to maintain the Special Search Categories?

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With the advent of the more sophisticated Standardised MedDRA Queries, the current SSCs within MedDRA will no longer be maintained or distributed. The MSSO has archived the existing SSC files. These files are available for download at http://www.meddramsso.com/MSSOWeb/mssosubs/SSC_Update.htm (Subscriber login required). Please note that the SSCs are based upon linkages at the PT level and that in each subsequent version of MedDRA, PTs may be demoted, and new PTs may be added to better represent the PT concept. Therefore, if you use the archived SSC files with a version other than 9.1, there may be terms that are no longer linked to the SSC as they were in Version 9.1. Subsequently, the SSC may no longer find the same cases as they did in Version 9.1.