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-lisib

phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors, antineoplastics

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 -lisib. So the letters lisib sit at the end of the name (…lisib).

All 34 names WHO lists under -lisib

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. acalisib
  2. alpelisib
  3. amdizalisib
  4. apitolisib
  5. bimiralisib
  6. buparlisib
  7. copanlisib
  8. dactolisib
  9. dezapelisib
  10. duvelisib
  11. eganelisib
  12. gedatolisib
  13. gilmelisib
  14. idelalisib
  15. inavolisib
  16. izorlisib
  17. leniolisib
  18. linperlisib
  19. nemiralisib
  20. omipalisib
  21. panulisib
  22. parsaclisib
  23. paxalisib
  24. pictilisib
  25. pilaralisib
  26. recilisib
  27. risovalisib
  28. samotolisib
  29. seletalisib
  30. serabelisib
  31. tenalisib
  32. umbralisib
  33. vulolisib
  34. zandelisib

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acalisib

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -lisib

  • -lisibend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors, antineoplastics

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -lisib (Part II B) and the 34 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.