When naming medicinal products the MHRA will ensure:No confusion with the name of another medicinal product
- No misleading therapeutic and/or pharmaceutical connotations
- No misleading impressions as to the composition of the product
- No phonetics/difficulties in its pronunciation are considered
- Numbers are avoided, to reduce confusion with its strength
- It doesn’t convey a promotional message regarding its efficacy
- It is not offensive or has an inappropriate connotation
- It is different from the name of the active substance of the product
- Its not an acronym, or contain code numbers/punctuation marks
- Labelling/pack design in the context of its safe use is considered
- The international non-proprietary name (INN) of a medicinal product is not used. Article 1(20) of Directive 2001/83/EC (ref2), ” an invented name shall not be liable to confusion with the common name..”
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