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Why do all the new cancer drugs coming out end in the letter "B"?
by zzzeek 2y ago
Why do all the new cancer drugs coming out end in the letter "B"?
- abracadaniel 2y agoI think the *mab ones are monoclonal antibodies, and the *nib ones are inhibitors. I don't think it's a hard rule though.
- andyjohnson0 2y agoIts a side-effect of the naming convention for generic drug naming [1]. Small molecule inhibitors end with “ib”. Monoclonal antibodies end with “mab”. Etc. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_nomenclature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_nomenclature