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FDA proposes adding suffixes to distinguish biosimilar drug names

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed on Thursday identifying cheaper versions of biologic drugs with a suffix to distinguish them from their more expensive, ...
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FDA Begins Adding Suffixes to Newly Approved Biologics' Names

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week began adding four-letter meaningless suffixes at the end of newly approved biologics' nonproprietary names, signaling a shift in policy from only ...
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FDA Reverses Course, Decides Not to Add Suffixes to Older Biologics’ Nonproprietary Names

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided not to go back and rename biologics’ nonproprietary names with nonsense suffixes, as it once said it would, raising questions about the confusion ...
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Suffixes in Spanish

Suffixes are a small number of letters added to the end of a word which change its meaning. Add a suffix to the end of a word to make something smaller or as a term of affection. There are suffixes ...