We are updating some medicine names used in Australia to align with names used internationally.

1. Updating medicine ingredient names
International harmonisation
Jolanta Samoc
Project Manager, Scientific Evaluation Branch
ARCS Express Learning
12 May 2016

2. Overview
• Ingredient terminology
• What are the changes?
• Informing health professionals
and consumers
Updating medicine ingredient names

3. 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
Updating medicine ingredient names

4. What are the changes?
Updating medicine ingredient names
Some changes are minor
Spelling
amoxycillin
amoxicillin
Spacing
cyanocobalamin(57Co)
cyanocobalamin (57Co)
Hydration state
carbidopa anhydrous
carbidopa

5. What are the changes?
Some changes are more significant  Dual labelling
lignocaine
lidocaine (lignocaine)
amethocaine
tetracaine
(amethocaine)
colaspase
asparaginase
(colaspase)
Updating medicine ingredient names

6. Informing health professionals and consumers
Further information
Updating medicine ingredient names

7. Discussion and questions
Updating medicine ingredient names