British Approved Name

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A British Approved Name (BAN) is the official, non-proprietary, or generic name given to a

International Nonproprietary Name system). There is also a British Approved Name (Modified) (BANM).[3]

Combination preparations

BANs are unique in that names are assigned for combination preparations as well as single-drug preparations. For example, the BAN

Co-amoxiclav is assigned to preparations containing amoxicillin and clavulanic acid
. Most other pharmacopoeias simply refer to combination products by both ingredients in the preparation, in this example "amoxicillin with clavulanic acid".

The prefix of "co-" is used for many combination drugs, including opioid with paracetamol or aspirin

Co-cyprindiol
).

BAN harmonisation

meticillin
, matching the INN.

This has resulted in an interesting situation in other countries that use BANs. While the British Pharmacopoeia and BANs are the official pharmacopoeia/names defined by legislation in many of these countries, the former BANs often continue to be used, purportedly because of the difficulty of changeover. Despite the importance of the BP, there appears to be little or no movement in the direction of changing these names. In Australia, the Australian Approved Names are generally the same as BANs, but a few exceptions remain.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paracetamol - different name in USA?". irishhealth.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. ISBN 978-1-4724-2032-9
    .
  3. ^ "Triclofos". Drugs.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  4. ^ "2001/82/EC"
  5. ^ "2001/83/EC"
  6. ^ "2003/63/EC"
  7. PMID 10678871
    .
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