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.

Visit United States Adopted Names FAQ to learn more.

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:

March 2026

Cagrilintide hydrochloride: Weight management aid

Cliramitug: Treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) and transthyretin amyloidosis polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN)

Dapiglutide: Treatment of obesity

Deulumateperone: Treatment of psychosis 

Deulumateperone tosylate: Treatment of psychosis 

Elegrobart: Treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED)

Evarucabgene autoleucel: Treatment of relapsed/refractory AL amyloidosis, with the potential to expand into select immunemediated diseases        

Faldoritinib: Treatment of cancer including Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Florensocatib: Treatment of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFBE)

Imeroprubart: Treatment of immunoglobulin (Ig)G-mediated autoimmune diseases  

Ixotatug: Antineoplastic        

Ixotatug vedotin: Antineoplastic

Lunsotogene parvec: Treatment of OTOF-related congenital hearing loss due to congenital auditory neuropathy

Napazimone: Treatment of primary mitochondrial disease

Ontunisertib: Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Onvuzosiran: Treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE)

Onvuzosiran sodium: Treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE)

Ozureprubart: Treatment of allergic asthma, food allergies, chronic spontaneous urticaria, and other allergic inflammatory diseases

Pegtarazimod: Treatment of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), acute COPD exacerbations, and acute graft vs. host disease

Pegtarazimod hydrochloride: Treatment of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), acute COPD exacerbations, and acute graft vs. host disease

Pevifoscorvir: Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection; Chronic Hepatitis D Infection

Ponometrep: Treatment of migraine, neuropathic pain, and nociceptive pain

Relzasertideg: Treatment of refractory or recurrent Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)       

Remlifanserin: Treatment of schizophrenia and the hallucinations and delusions associated with Alzheimer’s disease psychosis (ADP)

Retogatein: Treatment and prevention of autoimmune diabetes, including type 1 diabetes and latent autoimmune diabetes

Rocavorexant: Treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD)

Sevoloprubart: Treatment of autoimmune disorders

Tersolisib: Treatment of HR+, HER2-breast cancer

Zocilurtatug: Antineoplastic, treatment of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC)

February 2026

Atisnolerbart: Treatment of birch pollen allergies

Azamidugene autotemcel: Treatment of Mucopolysaccharidosis type I Hurler (MPS-IH) 

Cilotecan: Treatment of advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma

Corabotase: Treatment of aesthetic indications and neuromuscular conditions such as spasticity, cervical dystonia as well as sensory neurological conditions

Corubrutinib: Treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS)

Debecarasib: Treatment of advanced solid tumors

Figavetbart: Feline analgesic, treatment of osteoarthritis pain

Flixebrutinib: Treatment of mast cell disorders

Freneslerbart: Treatment of allergic symptoms triggered by cat allergen

Garutadustat: Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) 

Ignaseclant: Treatment for neuromuscular disorders

Itareparib: Antineoplastic, treatment of solid tumors

Lutetium Lu 177 tezuvotide tetraxetan: Antineoplastic

Mevonlerbart: Treatment of allergic symptoms triggered by cat allergen

Mipitecan: Antineoplastic

Olaviztabart: Treatment of advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma

Olaviztabart cilotecan: Treatment of advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma

Radiprodil: Anticonvulsant and treatment of GRIN-related neurodevelopmental disorder

Refisolone: Treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms due to menopause

Silevertinib: Antineoplastic, treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Sofetabart: Antineoplastic

Sofetabart mipitecan: Antineoplastic

Toviblideg: Treatment of large B cell lymphoma (R/R DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (R/R FL)     

January 2026

Abazistobart: Antineoplastic, treatment of solid tumors

Betovumeline: Treatment of multiple diseases of the central nervous system, including Alzheimer's disease psychosis, schizophrenia, and dyskinesias  

Bremzalerbart: Treatment of birch pollen allergies

Cenzestotug: Antineoplastic, treatment of solid tumors

Ciltistotug: Antineoplastic, treatment of solid tumors

Daraxonrasib: Treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors harboring RAS mutations 

Elironrasib: Treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors harboring RAS G12C mutations

Esflurbiprofen: Analgesic, anti-inflammatory drug

Etivelcabtagene erigedleucel: Treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) 

Futermestotug: Antineoplastic, treatment of solid tumors 

Gintemetostat: Antineoplastic, treatment of multiple myeloma       

Gintemetostat tartrate: Antineoplastic, treatment of multiple myeloma 

Imapextide: Treatment of post-bariatric hypoglycemia

Imapextide sodium: Treatment of post-bariatric hypoglycemia

Lasmecabtagene timgedleucel: Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Mevonlerbart: Treatment of allergic symptoms triggered by cat allergen

Ramantamig: Antineoplastic, treatment of multiple myeloma 

Tralesinidase alfa: Treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) type IIIB    

Vezocolmitide: Treatment of ophthalmic diseases, disorders, and injuries, including dry eye disease (DED)

Vezocolmitide hydrochloride: Treatment of ophthalmic diseases, disorders, and injuries, including dry eye disease (DED) 

Zoldonrasib: Treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors harboring RAS G12D mutations 

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