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-cog

blood coagulation factors

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -cog as a part of a name. It has nothing on uses, doses, side effects or interactions of any medicine that carries it, and nothing here is medical advice. Ask a pharmacist or doctor about the medicine itself.

Where it sits in a name

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

All 23 names WHO lists under -cog

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. albutrepenonacog alfa
  2. beroctocog alfa
  3. catridecacog
  4. dalcinonacog alfa
  5. damoctocog alfa pegol
  6. efanesoctocog alfa
  7. efmoroctocog alfa
  8. eftrenonacog alfa
  9. eptacog beta
  10. lonoctocog alfa
  11. marzeptacog alfa
  12. moroctocog alfa
  13. nonacog alfa
  14. nonacog beta pegol
  15. nonacog gamma
  16. octocog alfa
  17. omfiloctocog alfa
  18. rurioctocog alfa pegol
  19. simoctocog alfa
  20. trenonacog alfa
  21. turoctocog alfa
  22. turoctocog alfa pegol
  23. vonicog alfa

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catridecacog

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -cog

  • -cogend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: blood coagulation factors

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -cog (Part II B) and the 23 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.