How Do Drugs Get Named?
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Sanofi launches Impact® brand of medicines for low-income countries

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The top 20 drugs by worldwide sales in 2021

Drug submissions: Procedures to reach regulatory approval

How pharmaceutical names influence the way consumers and doctors view medicines

All in a name: safety first

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Drug repurposing and skinny labels

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Biosimilar Naming Policy Will Help Ensure Patient Safety and Transparency

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The Secret Formula Behind Every Drug Name

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Branding: When One is Not Enough

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Biosimilar names may affect pharmacist dispensing habits

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FDA Draft Guidance Requiring Distinct Naming for Biosimilars

A drug by any other name would work just as well — making sense of drug names

FDA Approves First Sensor Pill to Alert Doctors When It’s Ingested

Can you teach old drugs new tricks?

'Accelerated approval' drugs: How well are they studied?

The FDA just approved the first direct competitor to a billion-dollar cancer drug

Role of brand is 57% more likely to influence a recommendation compared to two years ago

What’s in a name? Billions of dollars in tech costs for biosimilars

How drug development is speeding up in the cloud

Globalization in the pharmaceutical industry

Why Biosimilar Drug Names Contain Unhelpful Gibberish

Behind potent drug names, a complex mix of ingredients

Introducing The New Association For Accessible Medicines (AAM)

FDA Reiterates Decision on Suffixes in Biosimilar Naming

Behind potent drug names, a complex mix of ingredients

New diagnostic name for stigmatizing term obesity

The creative science of coining drug names

UK medicines regulation: responding to current challenges

Probiotics in Favor of Life

Maintaining Relevance In The Age Of Consumerism: Lessons From The Healthcare Industry

'Creation engineering': The art and science of naming drugs

Neuropathy: A name for their pain

FDA approves first automated insulin delivery device for type 1 diabetes

How drug startups choose their brand

Google Parent and Sanofi Name Diabetes Joint Venture Onduo