British Approved Name
Official name given to pharmaceutical substances / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A British Approved Name (BAN) is the official, non-proprietary, or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia (BP).[1] The BAN is also the official name used in some countries around the world, because starting in 1953, proposed new names were evaluated by a panel of experts from WHO in conjunction with the BP commission to ensure naming consistency worldwide[2] (an effort leading to the International Nonproprietary Name system). There is also a British Approved Name (Modified) (BANM).[3]