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PhRMA demands an overhaul of FDA's regs on drug names
Frustrated by what drugmakers see as a regulatory snarl of confusing policies and practices aimed at eliminating drug names that can sound too similar to others on the market, lobbyists for the
What's in a (drug) name?
Back when Vertex won FDA approval for its blockbuster hep C drug telaprevir, there was a good deal of hooting on Twitter when the commercial name--Incivek--hit the wires. One high-profile writer made
How to play the game of naming new drugs
New drug names are supposed to ring a long line of bells. They're supposed to be easy to remember, elicit some connection to the conditions they treat, a no-brainer for harried doctors to write out
