Brief introduction of international non-patent names and trade names;
I. International Non-patent Names
The international generic name (INN) of a drug is the unique name of an API or active ingredient prepared by WHO. The inn has been recognized by the whole world and belongs to public property, also known as the common name. It is the official name of the internationally unified drug, which is universal.
A generic name means that it can be used as public property without restriction, that is, no one has the privilege to use it. These names are usually designated by national or international naming committees. Non-patented names can be used in pharmacopoeia, labels, advertisements, drug regulations, scientific and technological documents, and can also be used as product names, such as generic names.
Second, the trade name of the drug
A trade name or trademark name is a trade name registered by a pharmaceutical manufacturer or pharmaceutical research and development company for the listing and circulation of drugs and the protection of intellectual property rights. Generally, add a note to the upper right corner of the drug name? . Due to different manufacturers, preparation processes, trademark registration, dosage forms and specifications, a drug may have many trade names.
Third, the difference between generic names and trade names.
Although trademarks and generic names look very similar to outsiders, they are actually very different. First of all, trademarks can identify pharmaceutical products, while non-patented names represent active drugs or medical substances-although drugs are often prescribed or listed under their non-patented names.
Secondly, the selection of generic names follows the established rules, so that the drug name itself can indicate to medical and health professionals the treatment or drug group to which its active ingredients belong.
Because the ingredients of OTC drugs are mostly active ingredients that have lost their patent and administrative protection period, they mainly rely on brands and trade names to safeguard their rights and interests in the fierce market competition.
At the same time, we will continue to innovate and improve our popularity, and build a "famous brand" with quality and service, so that everyone, old and young, is a household name and well known. Therefore, in the dazzling names of drugs, we should pay attention to the check between common names and trade names to prevent drugs from being reused.