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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

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International harmonisation

Jolanta Samoc Project Manager, Scientific Evaluation Branch ARCS Express Learning 12 May 2016

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Overview

Ingredient terminology
What are the changes?
Informing health professionals

and consumers

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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

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What are the changes?

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Some changes are minor Spelling amoxycillin amoxicillin Spacing cyanocobalamin(57Co) cyanocobalamin (57Co) Hydration state carbidopa anhydrous carbidopa

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What are the changes?

Some changes are more significant  Dual labelling lignocaine lidocaine (lignocaine) amethocaine tetracaine (amethocaine) colaspase asparaginase (colaspase)

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Informing health professionals and consumers

Further information

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Discussion and questions

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