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Why Do Prescription Drugs Have Such Crazy Names? (globalhealthnow.org)
4 points by giuliomagnifico on July 19, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Whoever uses expressions like "such crazy names" I assume they're either writing to children or to lawyers/MBA/Sales jock types that think changing their own lightbulb requires too much tech skills


> They must also avoid the letters Y, H, K, J, and W, which aren’t used in all languages that use the Roman alphabet.

Yet the article names Wegovy. Ketoprofen. Xeljanz.

I always thought they just outsourced the naming to AliExpress sellers, they're similarly imaginative :)




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