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Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:27 AM Jun 2015

FYI how generic drug names are conceived.

I've always been fascinated how the generic names are relatively incomprehensible (like bevacizumab) yet seem similar in terms of their syllables and stuff.

This article does a good job explaining how they get there: http://www.igorinternational.com/press/stanford-trade-names-generic-drug-names.php

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