INN Bio Review 2022

International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for biological and biotechnological substances (a review) 2022

11 December 2023

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Overview

This document, first published on the website of the INN Programme in 2006, therefore presents an inventory of the policy decisions taken by the INN Expert Group during all these years of change, and of the names assigned to biological and biotechnological substances. Considering the potential for further developments in the field of biologicals, this review is intended to be a living document which will be regularly updated to include new policies, and future INNs assigned.Comments and suggestions from all interested parties are most welcome and will be

presented to the INN Expert Group for their consideration and for possible incorporation

in future updates of this review.

WHO Team

INN and Classification of Medical Products (INN)

Editors

International Nonproprietary Name (INN) Programme

Number of pages

136

Reference numbers

WHO Reference Number: WHO/MHP/HPS/INN/2022.02