INN 76th Executive Summary

76th Consultation on International Nonproprietary Names

12 July 2023

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Overview

During the 76th INN Consultation, a total of 271 INN requests was discussed, including:

• 238 new INN requests, including 149 for biological substances

• 33 outstanding requests

As a result of these discussions, 264 names were selected, which are planned to be published in Lists 129 (COVID-19-related requests only) and 130 of proposed INN (p.INN). One request did not fulfil INN criteria (No INN), 2 had been withdrawn by the applicants and 4 requests were deferred for future discussion.

Six new stems/substems were selected, two suffixes were promoted to the pre-stem list and it was decided to review the descriptions of two stems.

WHO Team

INN and Classification of Medical Products (INN)

Editors

Programme on International Nonproprietary Names (INN)

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Reference numbers

WHO Reference Number: INN Working Doc. 23.568