INN 69th Executive Summary
69th Consultation on International Nonproprietary Names
9 December 2019
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Overview
During the 69th INN Consultation, a total of 200 INN requests were discussed, including:
- 165 new INN requests, including 95 for biological substances
- 32 outstanding requests
- 3 previously selected proposed/recommended INN, against which a formal objection or a request of substitution had been raised.
As a result of these discussions, 191 names were selected, which are planned to be published in List 123 of proposed INN (p.INN), while 7 requests were deferred for future discussion. One request was 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 of substitution could not be retained as it did not conform to the criteria.
Two new stems/substems were selected, 6 suffixes were promoted to the pre-stem list and it was decided to review the descriptions of 3 stems/pre-stems.
WHO Team
INN and Classification of Medical Products (INN)
Editors
Programme on International Nonproprietary Names (INN)
Number of pages
15
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: INN Working Doc. 19.466
Copyright
© World Health Organization 2019