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Updating medicine ingredient names International harmonisation Jolanta Samoc Project Manager, Scientific Evaluation Branch ARCS Express Learning 12 May 2016 Overview Ingredient terminology What are the changes? Informing health
Updating medicine ingredient names International harmonisation Jolanta Samoc Project Manager, Scientific Evaluation Branch ARCS Express Learning 12 May 2016
Overview • Ingredient terminology • What are the changes? • Informing health professionals and consumers Updating medicine ingredient names 1
Ingredient terminology Australian Approved Names vs ingredient names used internationally The World Health Organization’s International Nonproprietary Names (INN) are the gold standard for medicine ingredient names Updating medicine ingredient names 2
What are the changes? Some changes are minor Spacing Spelling Hydration state amox y cillin cyanocobalamin(57Co) carbidopa anhydrous amox i cillin cyanocobalamin (57Co) carbidopa Updating medicine ingredient names 3
What are the changes? Some changes are more significant Dual labelling lignocaine amethocaine colaspase lidocaine (lignocaine) tetracaine asparaginase (amethocaine) (colaspase) Updating medicine ingredient names 4
Informing health professionals and consumers Further information Updating medicine ingredient names 5
Discussion and questions Updating medicine ingredient names 6
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