regulatory approval | pharma naming

Edward Carstairs of Gill Jennings & Every LLP

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Name that drug

The role of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as a regulator is to protect and promote public and animal health by evaluating and...

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How sustainable are branded generics?

Branded generics are delivering great growth and profitability in emerging markets, but how much longer can they continue to do so? A new...

Drug Name Confusion: why you need professional naming

original article by Kathleen Doheny on Medscape Medical News / Drug Name Confusion: More Than 80 New Drug Pairs Added to the List -...

How drugmakers come up with evocative brand names like Viagra and Lunesta

There’s an art and a science to naming pharmaceutical drugs. When you pick up a prescription of Viagra, Lunesta, Advair, or Paxlovid, you...

Help to find a new name for the monkeypox virus

A group of global experts convened by WHO has agreed on new names for monkeypox virus variants, as part of ongoing efforts to align the...

How Do Drugs Get Named?

Drug names are the product of complex, multiparty negotiations in which the needs and desires of various stakeholders (patients,...

Sanofi launches Impact® brand of medicines for low-income countries

Sanofi Global Health ⁠— a nonprofit unit of Sanofi set up in 2021⁠ — has launched Impact®, a new brand of standard of care medicines...

Branded Generics: What They Are and Why They’re Profitable

Branded generic drugs attach proprietary names to generic drug molecules and may be marketed similarly to how branded drugs are. picture...

The top 20 drugs by worldwide sales in 2021

It took a global pandemic to end the nine-year reign of AbbVie’s Humira as the world’s best-selling pharmaceutical product—and the final...

Drug submissions: Procedures to reach regulatory approval

Before a new drug or biologic can go to market, a drug submission must be compiled and filed with all relevant regulatory agencies to...

How pharmaceutical names influence the way consumers and doctors view medicines

Does the way pharmaceuticals are named matter when it comes to consumer and healthcare providers? The FDA wants to find out. Although the...

All in a name: safety first

Most companies when naming a drug want to use something catchy and simple, which will not confuse doctors or patients and maintain safety...

Drug Name Development: Regulatory Changes You Need to Know

Naming your asset – or more specifically, navigating the regulatory obstacles and variables of gaining name approval – is critical to...

Drug repurposing and skinny labels

Generic drug manufacturers obtain FDA approval for non-patented indications by carving out from its label any approved use that is still...

Pharma product launch optimisation tool

US — Vivisum has launched Brand Builder, a solution that provides strategic market insight for pharmaceutical brands. Brand Builder...

Naming Your Brand

In a crowded field, how to choose a name real enough to please the feds and original enough to differentiate your product Choosing a name...

Biosimilar Naming Policy Will Help Ensure Patient Safety and Transparency

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today praised the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for issuing draft guidance requiring...

How does the FDA 'approve' medical products?

You may have seen medical products that claim to be "FDA cleared," "FDA registered," "FDA listed" or "FDA approved" - but what do these...

The Secret Formula Behind Every Drug Name

Most people have no problem with famous names like Enbrel®, Prozac®, and Viagra®. But when it comes to understanding new drug names, such...

Branding and design in the medical/pharma industry

Communication is often seen as a touchy subject when it comes to the healthcare sector, given the tight regulations and fierce...

Pharma Brand Strategy 2.0

Learn about the building blocks of a great brand strategy that will have the potential to capture the full commercial value from a...

What Is an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)?

The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) is the part of any drug that produces the intended effects. Some drugs, such as combination...

The Drug Naming Process

Drugs often have several names. A marketed drug may have up to four different types of names: a chemical name, a company name, a generic...

The twists and turns of naming diseases

When a new disease is identified in a group of patients it needs a name so it can be described, researched and treated. But, unlike...

Branding: When One is Not Enough

Launching a second brand is a marketing strategy to address an unmet need distinct from the current brand. In the pharmaceutical industry...

Liposomal medicine names to be changed to avoid errors

The EMA has requested that liposomal medication names be changed to avoid the risk of confusion. All marketing authorisation holders of...

The difference between pharmaceutical and biotechnology

While sitting in a meeting recently I was asked, 'what exactly is the difference between pharma and biopharma?' For most of us, we may...

Biosimilar names may affect pharmacist dispensing habits

How biosimilars are named could influence the willingness of pharmacists to substitute such drugs for more expensive biologics, a survey...

Branders give products an identity

In the world of branding, there's a language all its own: Casodex, Grazax, Latisse, Symbicort and Vusion. Each one of those words is the...

The top 10 drugs of 2024

EvaluatePharma analysts predict AbbVie's Humira will top pharma's sales charts in 2024, followed by Merck's Keytruda and Celgene's...

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