INN 68th Executive Summary

68th Consultation on International Nonproprietary Names

9 June 2019
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INN 68th Executive Summary
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Overview

During the 68th INN Consultation, a total of 182 INN requests were discussed, including:
  • 152 new INN requests, including 81 for biological substances
  • 27 outstanding requests
  • 3 previously selected proposed/recommended INN, against which a formal objection had been raised.
As a result of these discussions, 163 names were selected, which are planned to be published in List 122 of Proposed INNs (p.INN), while 13 requests were deferred for future discussion. Five requests were rejected by the INN Expert Group, as the substance did not conform to the criteria for INN selection. Two amendments were planned to be published in a forthcoming List of p.INN; one request was withdrawn.
Four new stems/substems were selected, 5 suffixes were promoted to the pre-stem list and it was decided to review the descriptions of 5 stems/pre-stems.

 

WHO Team
INN and Classification of Medical Products (INN)
Editors
Programme on International Nonproprietary Names (INN)
Number of pages
14
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: INN Working Doc. 19.457
Copyright
© World Health Organization 2019