How are prescription drugs named? A drug development expert shares the process
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There's an intentional method to drug naming, according to the American Medical Association. BioPhy CEO Dr. Dave Latshaw breaks down what goes into it.
The Philadelphia-based doctor, formerly the AI drug development lead at Johnson & Johnson, said that he, too, at first questioned, "How do they even come up with these [names]?" Angelica Stabile is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital.
Naming drugs can be viewed as a "staged process," based on drug advancement, which begins with the chemical name, Latshaw said.
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