INN 65th Executive Summary

65th Consultation on International Nonproprietary Names

9 December 2017

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During the 65th INN Consultation, a total of 152 INN requests were discussed, including:

110 new INN requests, including 50 for biological substances
36 outstanding requests
6 previously selected proposed/recommended INN, against which a formal objection or a request of substitution had been raised.

As a result of these discussions, 134 names were selected/reconfirmed, which are planned to be

published in List 119 of Proposed INNs (p.INN), while 9 requests were deferred for future discussion.

Three applications have been closed since the requested information had not been received. Two

requests were rejected by the INN Expert Group, as the substances did not conform to the criteria for

INN selection. One amendment was planned to be published in a forthcoming List of p.INN, 2

requests of substitution and 1 objection could not be retained as they did not conform to the criteria.

Three new stems/substems were selected, 2 suffixes were promoted to the pre-stem list and it was

decided to amend the descriptions of 2 stems.

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. 17.429