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WHO naming stem · suffix · 29 listed names

-anib

angiogenesis inhibitors

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
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Where it sits in a name

WHO writes the stem as -anib. So the letters anib sit at the end of the name (…anib).

All 29 names WHO lists under -anib

These are the INN in group (a) of Part IV of the stem book: names in which WHO says the stem is used as defined. The stem is marked where WHO places it. A-Z as WHO lists them.

  1. acrizanib
  2. alofanib
  3. beloranib
  4. bevasiranib
  5. brivanib alaninate
  6. cediranib
  7. crenolanib
  8. foslinanib
  9. linifanib
  10. lucitanib
  11. motesanib
  12. necuparanib
  13. nintedanib
  14. opaganib
  15. pazopanib
  16. pegaptanib
  17. pegdinetanib
  18. pegpleranib
  19. risuteganib
  20. rivoceranib
  21. semaxanib
  22. timtraxanib
  23. tivozanib
  24. toceranib
  25. trebananib
  26. umedaptanib pegol
  27. vandetanib
  28. vatalanib
  29. vorolanib

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alofanib

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -anib

  • -anibend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: angiogenesis inhibitors

“alofanib” is an INN that WHO lists under -anib in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -anib (Part II B) and the 29 names (Part IV, group (a)) are from Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024 (World Health Organization, Stem book 2024 (ISBN 978-92-4-009938-8); covers proposed INN Lists 1-129). Checked .

Adapted from: Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. This adaptation was not created by WHO; WHO is not responsible for its content or accuracy and does not endorse this site. The data file stems.json is shared under the same licence.