INN 75th Executive Summary

75th Consultation on International Nonproprietary Names

Overview

During the 75th INN Consultation, a total of 259 INN requests was discussed, including:

• 212 new INN requests, including 121 for biological substances

• 47 outstanding requests

As a result of these discussions, 247 names were selected, which are planned to be published in Lists 128 (COVID-19-related requests only) and 129 of proposed INN (p.INN). Six requests did not fulfil INN criteria (No INN) and 6 requests were deferred for future discussion.

Ten new stems/substems were selected, 13 suffixes were promoted to the pre-stem list and it was decided to review the description of one stem.

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. 22.558
Copyright
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