Naming drug substances at the national level: mainly in the United Kingdom and the United States


Prescrire International 21(132): 279

2012


ISSN/ISBN: 1167-7422
PMID: 23210269
Document Number: 663510
Along with the international nonproprietary name (INN) system, drugs may also be assigned a national non-proprietary name by a national nomenclature committee.These national non-proprietary names can become INNs as part of the international harmonisation conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) INN programme. The United Kingdom and the United States have two of the most active national programmes.

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