# "Drug - indications” data, “approvedIndications” variable, EFO plus terms from other databases?

**URL:** <https://community.opentargets.org/t/drug-indications-data-approvedindications-variable-efo-plus-terms-from-other-databases/1692>\
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**Created:** [9 March 2025 20:09 UTC](https://community.opentargets.org/t/drug-indications-data-approvedindications-variable-efo-plus-terms-from-other-databases/1692 "2025-03-09T20:09:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![bleep\_blop\_bloop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@bleep\_blop\_bloop](https://community.opentargets.org/u/bleep_blop_bloop)\
**Post date:** [9 March 2025 20:09 UTC](https://community.opentargets.org/t/drug-indications-data-approvedindications-variable-efo-plus-terms-from-other-databases/1692/1 "2025-03-09T20:09:16Z")

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For the "Drug - indications” data, for the “approvedIndications” variable, there are EFO terms listed, along with terms from other databases (MONDO, etc.). Is there essentially “complete” overlap between n the EFO terms, and the terms from other databases? I would like to know, for a drug with approved indications, which indications it has been approved for. It would be ideal to just keep the EFO terms, and ignore the rest, but I’m not sure if I would be losing important information.

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**Author:** ![hcornu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.opentargets.org/hcornu/32/716_2.png) [@hcornu](https://community.opentargets.org/u/hcornu)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2025 09:42 UTC](https://community.opentargets.org/t/drug-indications-data-approvedindications-variable-efo-plus-terms-from-other-databases/1692/2 "2025-03-10T09:42:08Z")

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Hi @bleep_blop_bloop, and welcome to the Open Targets Community! 🎉

[From our FAQs](https://community.opentargets.org/t/what-ontology-is-used-for-disease-and-phenotype-terms/19):

> Our modified EFO ontology consists of a subset of EFO terms in addition to terms from other ontologies (e.g. Human Phenotype Ontology - HPO) for which an EFO term is not available.