INN 70th Executive Summary

70th Consultation on International Nonproprietary Names

9 June 2020
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INN 70th Executive Summary
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Overview

During the 70th INN Consultation, a total of 190 INN requests was discussed, including:

  • 157 new INN requests, including 76 for biological substances

  • 30 outstanding requests

  • 3 previously selected proposed/recommended INN, against which a formal objection ora request of substitution had been raised.
As a result of these discussions, 182 names were selected, which are planned to be published in List 124 of proposed INN (p.INN), while 5 requests were deferred for future discussion and 2 were withdrawn. One request was rejected by the INN Expert Group, as the substance did not conform to the criteria for INN selection. One amendment was 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.
Three new stems/substems were selected, 5 suffixes were promoted to the pre-stem list and it was decided to review the descriptions of 2 stems/pre-stems.

WHO Team
INN and Classification of Medical Products (INN)
Editors
Programme on International Nonproprietary Names (INN)
Number of pages
10
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: INN Working Doc. 20.482
Copyright
© World Health Organization 2020