INN 61st Executive Summary

61st Consultation on International Nonproprietary Names

9 December 2015

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During the Consultation, a total of 182 INN requests were discussed, including:

135 new INN requests, including 72 for biological substances
43 outstanding requests
4 previously selected proposed INN, against which a formal objection had been raised

As a result of these discussions, 154 new names were selected, which are planned to be published in

List 115 of Proposed INNs, while 18 requests were deferred for future discussion. Five requests were

rejected by the INN Expert Group, as the substances did not conform to the criteria for INN selection.

One request was corresponding to an already published INN. Three amendments are planned to be

published in List 114 of p.INN and one objection could not be retained. Three new stems/substems

have been selected and 3 suffixes have been promoted to the pre-stem list.

WHO Team

INN and Classification of Medical Products (INN)

Editors

Programme on International Nonproprietary Names (INN)

Number of pages

Reference numbers

WHO Reference Number: INN Working Doc. 15.386