Guidance

Naming human medicines

Guidance on naming human medicines, including Braille requirements for the name on the product label.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Published: 23 December 2009
• Last updated: 6 June 2019 — See all updates

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MHRA guideline for the naming of medicinal products and braille requirements for name on label

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This Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) guidance for the pharmaceutical industry selecting or constructing a product name covers:

• the criteria used to assess the suitability of invented names
• additional criteria used to assess the suitability of invented names for non-prescription medicines
• criteria used in assessing the suitability of qualifiers/abbreviations
• criteria used in assessing the acceptability of umbrella segments of product names
• criteria for the generic naming of medicines, international non-proprietary names or common name

Published 23 December 2009
Last updated 6 June 2019 + show all updates

1. 6 June 2019

   Updated guidance on naming medicinal products and braille requirements for name on label

2. 23 December 2009

   First published.