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-citinib

Janus kinase 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 -citinib. So the letters citinib sit at the end of the name (…citinib).

All 28 names WHO lists under -citinib

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. abrocitinib
  2. atinvicitinib
  3. baricitinib
  4. beprocitinib
  5. delgocitinib
  6. deucravacitinib
  7. fosifidancitinib
  8. golidocitinib
  9. gusacitinib
  10. ifidancitinib
  11. ilunocitinib
  12. itacitinib
  13. ivarmacitinib
  14. izencitinib
  15. lorpucitinib
  16. nezulcitinib
  17. nimucitinib
  18. oclacitinib
  19. peficitinib
  20. povorcitinib
  21. pumecitinib
  22. ritlecitinib
  23. ropsacitinib
  24. rovadicitinib
  25. solcitinib
  26. tofacitinib
  27. upadacitinib
  28. zasocitinib

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itacitinib

Listed INNCarries 2 WHO stems, most specific first: -citinib …

  • -citinibend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: Janus kinase inhibitors
  • -tinibend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: tyrosine kinase inhibitors

“itacitinib” is an INN that WHO lists under -citinib, -tinib in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -citinib (Part II B) and the 28 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.