Podcast: The Logic Behind Biologic Antibody Drug Names

05 December, 2019

Podcast: The Logic Behind Biologic Antibody Drug Names

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The Logic Behind Biologic Antibody Drug Names

Have you noticed that therapeutic antibodies have complex and often unpronounceable names? It probably won’t surprise you to hear that there is a logic behind these names which convey information about the type of drug and its mechanism of action. In this podcast, we explain what International Non-proprietary Names are, and the logic behind their use.