INN 80th Executive Summary
80th Consultation on International Nonproprietary Names
26 June 2025
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Overview
During the 80th INN Consultation, 255 INN requests were discussed, including:
• 227 new INN requests, of which 147 were for biological substances
• 26 outstanding requests
• 2 objections
As a result of these discussions, 239 new names were selected, which are planned to be published in Lists 133 (one COVID-19-related request only) and 134 of proposed INN (p.INN). Six requests did not fulfil INN criteria (No INN), three were withdrawn by the applicant and seven requests were deferred for future discussion.
Four new stems/substems were selected, four suffixes were promoted to the pre-stem list and it was decided to review the description of three stems/suffixes before the 81st INN Consultation (-fensine, -oxetine and -faxine).
WHO Team
INN and Classification of Medical Products (INN)
Editors
Programme on International Nonproprietary Names (INN)
Number of pages
15
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: INN Working Doc. 25.622
Copyright
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