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(Division of Drug Standardization, Department of Drug Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
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(Division of Drug Standardization, Department of Drug Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
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(Ewha Womans University)
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(식품의약품안전청 의약품평가부)
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(식품의약품안전청 의약품평가부)
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(이화여자대학교)
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Nonproprietary name may be used without restriction by the public at large and can be called common name, generic name. Nomenclature agencies exist in US, Great Britain, Japan and so on. The agencies maintain liaison with onε another in an effort to secure the wide adoption of thε most appropriate and universally acceptable designation for each drug. To prevent the confusion which arises when several nonproprietary names are used for a single drug, either in the same country or in several different countries, the WHO has assumed the responsibility of coordination existing nomenclature at the international level. In this study, the nomenclature for new drugs and the terminology to harmonize specifications for revision of Korean Pharmacopoeia (KP) were established.