US$280 in China, US$8,892 in the US: new Chinese cancer drug gets FDA approval
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Following the approval of Toripalimab by the Food and Drug Administration, two more Chinese-made cancer drugs have received approval for distribution in the US.
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How do they choose the names of these drugs? Do they just keep stringing together consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel until they hit some sort of limit?
Some of it may just be random. But there's some logic to parts of it. I. This case the suffix -mab indicates that this drug is a monoclonal antibody.
Yes, but they don't pick them randomly. Those are usually sillables from the chemical or biological description.
Classical Example: para-Acetylaminophenol... the common generic names are paracetamol or acetaminophen, the most common brand name in the US is Tylenol. All are derived from picking some parts of the descriptor.