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USAN United States Adopted Name.
USAN
abbr.
United States Adopted Names (used for nonproprietary names of drugs adopted by a committee of medical professionals and drug manufacturers)

USAN
[yo̅o̅′san, yo̅o̅′es′ā′en′]
abbreviation for United States Adopted Names, an organization that works with pharmaceutic manufacturers to designate names for nonproprietary drugs. A list of USAN-approved drugs is published by U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. See also nonproprietary name.

USAN 
United States Adopted Name, a nonproprietary designation for any compound used as a drug, established by negotiation between its manufacturer and a council sponsored jointly by the American Medical Association, American Pharmaceutical Association, and United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.

USAN
United States Accepted Nomenclature.

USAN
United States Adopted Names Pharmacology A nonproprietary or generic drug name adopted by the USAN Council. See Generic drug.


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The USAN Council (tri-sponsored by the American Medical Association (AMA), the United States Pharmacopeia Convention (USP), and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), aims for global standardization and unification of drug nomenclature and related rules to ensure that drug information is communicated accurately and unambiguously, working closely with the International Nonproprietary Name (INN) program of the World Health Organization, and various national nomenclature groups.
Byline: BY HAROLD BROUGH Golf Correspondent USAN Loudoun-Reid - who thought she would never play golf again when she became blind - has captained England inthe Ryder Cup-style match against blind golfers from Scotland.
 
 
 
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