What is the inn number for nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances?
International Nonproprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Substances (INN) WHO Drug Information, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2016 Proposed INN: List 115 241
What is an international nonproprietary name?
Introduction. International Nonproprietary Names (INN) identify pharmaceutical substances or active pharmaceutical ingredients. Each INN is a unique name that is globally recognized and is public property. A nonproprietary name is also known as a generic name.
What is a nonproprietary drug name?
Many healthcare professionals, particularly pharmacists, know that a drug’s nonproprietary (generic) name can often help position it among other drugs in the same therapeutic class by recognizing drug name stems, a collection of short name fragments, that have been embedded in the nonproprietary drug names.
What is the FDA guidance on nonproprietary naming of biological products?
These concerns led the FDA to create a guidance document for the nonproprietary naming of biological products. 1 The document discusses the need for biological products to possess a nonproprietary name that contains a unique suffix.
International Nonproprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Substances