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-tug

unmodified immunoglobulins (current monoclonal antibody naming scheme)

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -tug 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 -tug. So the letters tug sit at the end of the name (…tug).

All 34 names WHO lists under -tug

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. becotatug
  2. belrestotug
  3. calpurbatug
  4. canrivitug
  5. casdozokitug
  6. danburstotug
  7. dargistotug
  8. devextinetug
  9. duvakitug
  10. eglatoprutug
  11. ersodetug
  12. falbikitug
  13. firastotug
  14. gorivitug
  15. lafuvitug
  16. muzastotug
  17. nelistotug
  18. nezutatug
  19. nisevokitug
  20. nisfvitug
  21. puxitatug samrotecan
  22. puxittug
  23. raludotatug
  24. raludotatug deruxtecan
  25. ralzapastotug
  26. remternetug
  27. sabirnetug
  28. suvemcitug
  29. upinitatug
  30. upinitatug rilsodotin
  31. veligrotug
  32. vilamakitug
  33. vopikitug
  34. zovostotug

Decode another name

Decoded

puxittug

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -tug

  • -tugend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: unmodified immunoglobulins (current monoclonal antibody naming scheme)

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -tug (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.