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Drug nomenclature

TRADE NAMES
1. Also called as
  1. Trademarks
  2. brand names
2. Used when
  1. Dispensing, Prescribing, Promoting, Selling
3. Designated names
  1. For a finished pharmaceutical product
INN (International Non-Proprietary Names
1. Also called as
  1. Generic names
  2. Common names
2. Designated names
  1. For identification of active drug substance
  2. To know which therapeutic group the active drug substance belongs
3. Used for
  1. Labelling, Advertising, Pharmacopoeics, Public information
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN TRADE NAMES AND INN
1. Both may represent the same drugs
2. Both are published first in the form of proposal
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRADE NAMES AND INN
1. Names of drug
  1. Designated by owner of the product
  2. Designated by national or international nomenclature commissions
  3. Price
    1. Cost a higher price due to marketing strategies
    2. Cost lower price compared to trade name drugs
2. Trade name
3. INN
BENEFITS OF USING TRADENAME COMPARED TO INN FOR DRUGS
1. More well-known for people
  1. Easy to be pronounce by people from different countries
    1. As appreciation for the owner
DRAWBACKS OF USING TRADENAME COMPARED TO INN FOR DRUGS
1. Does not direct to the drug's active substance
  1. Cause a higher price
    1. Difficult to know the drug's stem

Drug nomenclature

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