INN 82nd Executive Summary

82nd Consultation on International Nonproprietary Names

Overview

During the 82nd INN Consultation, 292 INN requests were discussed, including:
• 266 new INN requests, of which 161 were for biological substances (including 52 with a chemical component)
• 21 outstanding requests
• 5 objections and 1 request of substitution
As a result of these discussions, 275 new names were selected, which are planned to be published in Lists 136 of proposed INN (p.INN) and 135 (for COVID-19-related requests only). Two requests did not fulfil INN criteria (No INN), 5 were withdrawn by the applicant and 10 requests were deferred for future discussion.
One new substem was selected, 8 suffixes were promoted to the pre-stems list and it was decided to review the description of 5 stems before the 83rd INN Consultation.

 

 

 

Editors
Programme on International Nonproprietary Names (INN)
Number of pages
15
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: INN Working Doc. 26.647
Copyright
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