USAN drug names under consideration

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USAN Council's statement on the use of USAN as domain names is that a name published by the United States Adopted Names (USAN) Program in the USP Dictionary of USAN and International Nonproprietary Names, and on the United States Adopted Names website shall be the effective equivalent of an intellectual property right for the relevant entities.

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Comments or protests should be addressed to Stephanie Shubat, USAN program director, American Medical Association, 330 North Wabash Ave., Suite 39300, Chicago, Illinois 60611, or via email: [email protected]

In order to ensure your "under consideration" USAN domain name is available, you should consider purchasing the .com, .net and .org domain names of the USAN under consideration. The optimal time to do this is when you receive the letter from the USAN Program informing you of the USAN Council's naming decision.

The following names for the drugs described are "under consideration" by the USAN Council:

July 2026 

Abdakibart: Treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa

Abelacimab: Treatment of thromboembolic diseases

Alcudacigib: Antineoplastic  

Alcudacigib fumarate: Antineoplastic

Anzutresgene autoleucel: Treatment of solid tumors

Beperminogene perplasmid: Treatment of chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)             

Dalnacogene ponparvovec: Treatment of hemophilia B        

Ebselen: Treatment of hearing loss and tinnitus in patients with Meniere’s disease

Elsunersen: Treatment of developmental epileptic encephalopathy (DEE)  

Elsunersen sodium: Treatment of developmental epileptic encephalopathy (DEE)

Ensavatatug: Treatment of advanced or metastatic solid tumors

Invobenitug: Treatment of cardiogenic shock (CS)   

Izicopan: Treatment of treatment of urticaria (CSU) and hidradenitis

Neridronic acid: Treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)  

Neriodronate sodium: Treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

Olsutamig: Treatment of prostate cancer

Selcodebart: Treatment of anemia   

Tacabrutideg: Treatment of B-cell malignancies

 Tegoprazan: Treatment and maintaining healing for erosive esophagitis and treatment of non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease

 Vemzatatug: Treatment of multiple myeloma

Vemzatatug vedotin: Treatment of multiple myeloma

Voderdeucitinib: Treatment of plaque psoriasis

June 2026

Acmopatide: Treatment of type 1 diabetes and obesity 

Enicepatide: Treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors  

Ercanetide: Treatment of neurodevelopment disorders including Angelman syndrome, Phelan-McDermid syndrome, Pitt Hopkins syndrome, and Prader-Willi syndrome  

Ibramvibart: Prevention and treatment of infections caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2)

Laromestrocel: Treatment of Alzheimer's disease, aging frailty, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, and pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy    

Lead Pb 212 oxoreotide atexetan citrate: Treatment of somatostatin receptor expressing neuroendocrine tumors (NETs)

Libenucgene parvec: Treatment of ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency

Nizubaglustat: Treatment of Niemann-Pick C GM1 and GM2 gangliosidoses Gaucher type 3

Onzemipgene parvec: Treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)  

Pumitamig: Treatment of cancer

Raplemomeran: Treatment of HPV16+ cancer  

Relutrigine: Treatment of seizures associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE)  

Rezotcagene parvec: Treatment of ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency

Ristoglogene autogetemcel: Treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD)  

Sitmutolimod: Treatment of relapsed or refractory advanced solid tumors

Surovatamig: Treatment of hematologic malignancies and autoimmune diseases

Tenumomeran: Treatment of HPV16+ cancer    

Turletricin: Antifungal agent 

Zavabresib: Antineoplastic

Zidebactam: Antibacterial; treatment of urinary tract infections

Zovegalisib: Treatment of advanced solid tumors

May 2026

Amrecibart: Prevention and treatment of thromboembolic diseases

Atebimetinib: Antineoplastic, treatment of solid tumors      

Bocunebart: Treatment of headache, migraine and other conditions that may benefit from the neutralization of PACAP 

Cenvacibart: Prevention and treatment of thromboembolic diseases

Darlifarnib: Treatment of advanced solid tumors

Elisrasib: Antineoplastic, treatment of advanced solid tumors  

Elecoglipron: Treatment of type 2 diabetes and weight management

Giredestrant tartrate: Treatment of cancer

Ifezuntirgene inilparvovec: Treatment of Huntington’s Disease  

Mazorelvimab: Treatment for rabies virus (RABV) infections

Mivocabtagene autoleucel:  Treatment of Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) 

Mosliciguat: Treatment of pulmonary hypertension  

Nexiguran: Treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR)

Nuzefatide: Treatment of patients with EphA2 expressing tumors 

Nuzefatide pevedotin: Treatment of patients with EphA2 expressing tumors

Palacaparib: Treatment of advanced solid tumors

Pivodisgene parvec: Treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)   

Resecabtagene autoleucel: Treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM, or myositis), systemic sclerosis (SSc), and other B cell driven autoimmune diseases

Sasineprocel: Treatment of Parkinson’s disease 

Soclenicant: Treatment of anxiety-, trauma-, and stressor-related disorders

Velaprumig: Treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED, Graves’ ophthalmopathy)

Zamerovimab: Treatment against rabies virus infections

Zeprumetostat: Antineoplastic

Ziclumeran: Treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR)

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