Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 As most drugs have a couple of names, it can get very confusing when trying to determine which are the same so here's a break down of the three most common drugs used for CML now: Gleevec is also called Glivec (in the UK) Imatinib, and STI571 Sprycel is also called Dasatinib, and BMS-354825 Tasigna is also called Nilotinib and AMN-107 The first name is the brand name, the second name is the generic name and the third name is the name the drug was given in the first trials before it was approved. Gleevec is different than the rest because it actually has two brand names (Gleevec and Glivec). The reason is because Novartis was worried that North American's wouldn't be able to pronounce it properly if they called it Glivec so they changed the spelling to be more phonetically accurate. Tracey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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