The always informative World Almanac Blog provides a post about drug naming conventions in the U.S.

From the post:

According to The Merck Manuals, “When a drug is approved by the Food and Drug Administration … it is given a generic (official) name and a trade (proprietary or brand) name. The trade name identifies it as the exclusive property of a particular company.”

The United States Adopted Names (USAN) Council is responsible for selecting a drug’s generic name and approving the drug’s trade name, as proposed by the pharmaceutical company. Click below for insight into drug naming schemes, and a list of names currently under consideration (anyone for a little lebrilizumab?).

The post includes links to:
+ United States Adopted Names Council

+ FDA Approved Drug Products (Drugs@FDA)

Source: The World Almanac Blog

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