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Imatinib, Dasatinib, Nilotinib, Ponatinib, Bosutinib -- Out of interest why do all the drugs end in inib ?

Imatinib, Dasatinib, Nilotinib, Ponatinib, Bosutinib -- Out of interest why do all the drugs end in inib ?   

 

Just curiosity really, there must be a reason. Quite Sunday clearly ! Cheers

 

Nigel

Hi Nigel

"inib" is a sort of pharmaceutical shorthand for the type of drug these are. It's short for "inhibitor". You may also read of other kinds of modern drug that end in "mab", though not for CML. That is short for "monoclonal antibody". These suffixes are becoming more and more common as newer drugs based on molecular medicine/targeted therapy are introduced.

Best

Richard

thanks for the reply    nigel