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JAMA. 1970;213(4):608-610.

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The term, "nonproprietary name," has special significance in pharmacy and medicine as applied to a substance of potential or proven therapeutic usefulness. By definition, a nonproprietary name is not subject to proprietary trademark rights and must belong to the public. It is mainly this feature that distinguishes it from the one or more trademarked names that may have been registered for private use to identify an individual brand of the substance.

A US Adopted Name is a nonproprietary name selected by the USAN Council according to the following principles, the primary purpose of which is to assure consistency in the choice of names of maximum usefulness. As guidelines, the principles take account of practical considerations, such as the existence of trademarks, and the fact that the intended uses of the substances for which names are being selected may change. Therefore, the principles are sufficiently flexible to be subject to revision . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Inquiries and proposals on USAN as well as reprint requests should be addressed to Secretary, USAN Council, American Medical Association, 535 N Dearborn St, Chicago 60610.

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