List of pharmaceutical compound number prefixes

• A – Abbott Laboratories now AbbVie • ABT – Abbott Laboratories now AbbVie • ACP – Acadia Pharmaceuticals • ACH – Achillion • ACZ – Novartis • ADL – Adolor Corporation • AG – Agouron Pharmaceuticals, now Pfizer La Jolla Labs • AH – Amersham plc (Amersham Health) • AHR – A.H. Robins • ALS – Alantos Pharmaceuticals, acquired by Amgen in June 2007 • ALXN – Alexion • ANX – Adventrx Pharmaceuticals • AMG – Amgen • APD – Arena Pharmaceuticals • ARQ – ArQule • ARRY Array BioPharma • ASP – Astellas Pharma • AT – Arecor Therapeutics • ATB – Antibe Therapeutics • ATL – Antisense Therapeutics Limited, Australia • AVXS – AveXis, in May 2018 acquired by Novartis • AY – Ayerst, later Wyeth-Ayerst, ultimately acquired by Pfizer • AZD – AstraZeneca • BAN – BioArctic Neuroscience AB, Sweden • BAY – Bayer AG • BB – Bluebird Bio • BCX – Laboratoires Biocodex • BI – Boehringer Ingelheim • BIIB – Biogen • BMS – Bristol-Myers Squibb • BMY – Bristol-Myers Co., merging in 1989 into Bristol-Myers Squibb • BRL – Beecham Research Labs, merged with SmithKline into SmithKline Beecham which merged into GlaxoSmithKline • BTC – The Boots Company plc • C – Laboratoires Cassenne • CAM – Cambridge Antibody Technology, acquired by AstraZeneca • CAS – Cassella Farbwerke Mainkur Aktiengesellschaft, later Hoechst, later Sanofi • CAT – Cannasat Therapeutics Inc., renamed 2010 Cynapsus Therapeutics • CAT – Cambridge Antibody Technology, acquired by AstraZeneca • CC – Celgene • CE – Pfizer • CGS – Ciba Geigy • CP – Pfizer. CP refers to C. P. Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Pfizer • CSL – CSL Limited, an Australian biopharmaceutical company • CVX – CovX, acquired by Pfizer in 2008 • CYT – Cytopia of Australia, acquired by YM Biosciences, subsequently by Gilead Sciences • D – Draco division of Astra AB, now AstraZeneca • DMP – DuPont Merck Pharmaceuticals, a joint venture between DuPont and Merck; became DuPont Pharmaceuticals in 1998 • DPC – DuPont Pharmaceuticals, acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2001 • DS – Daiichi Sankyo • DX – Dyax • EAG – Eagle Pharmacy, a United States pharmaceutical compounding company • EIDD – Emory Institute for Drug Development • EMD – Merck KGaA (E. Merck), Darmstadt, Germany (refers to laboratory founder Emanuel Merck in Darmstadt) • ETC – Esperion Therapeutics, acquired by Pfizer in 2003, independent again since 2008 • F – Forest Labs, acquired by Actavis • FCE – Farmitalia-Carlo Erba, later Pharmacia AB, later Pharmacia & Upjohn, acquired by Pfizer • FF – Fujifilm • FG – FibroGen • FK – Fermentek • FPI – Fusion Pharmaceuticals • FS – F-star ==G to L==

• G – J. R. Geigy AG, ultimately merged into Novartis • G – Genta Inc. • GDC – Genentech Likely Genentech Development Candidate • GEH – GE Healthcare • GNE – Genentech internal reference number, company pipeline uses GDC- prefixes • GP – Geigy, merged with CIBA in 1971 to become Ciba-Geigy, now Novartis • GR – GlaxoSmithKline • GS – Gilead Sciences • GS – Gesynta Pharma • GSK – GlaxoSmithKline • H – Hässle division of Astra AB, now AstraZeneca • HCV – ViroPharma • HOE – Hoechst AG • ICI – Imperial Chemical Industries, acquired by AkzoNobel and merged into Zeneca Group by the merger of the pharmaceutical operations. Now part of AstraZeneca • IDN – Idun Pharmaceuticals, acquired by Pfizer • ILY – Ilypsa, acquired by Amgen in 2007 • INNO – CytRx • ION – Ionis • IPI – Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc • ISIS – Isis Pharmaceuticals (renamed Ionis Pharmaceuticals in 2015) • JNJ – Johnson & Johnson • KOS – Kosan Biosciences • KPT – Karyopharm Therapeutics • KU – KuDOS Pharmaceuticals • KW – Kyowa Hakko • L – Labaz Group, acquired by Elf Aquitaine in 1973 to form Sanofi • LU – Lundbeck • LY – Eli Lilly ==M to S==

• MBX – MBX Biosciences • MCN – McNeil Laboratories, now part of Johnson & Johnson • MDCO – The Medicines Company • MDL – Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals • MEDI – MedImmune, acquired by AstraZeneca • MEM – Memory Pharmaceuticals • MM – MindMed • MRT – Monte Rosa Therapeutics • MGX – Victory Pharma • MK – Merck & Co. (Merck Sharp & Dohme) • MLN – Millennium Pharmaceuticals • MT – Micromet, acquired by Amgen in 2012 • NBI – Neurocrine Biosciences • NC – Nycomed • NC – Nippon Chemiphar • NCX – NicOx • NG – Neurogen Corp. • NI – Neurimmune • NKTR – Nektar Therapeutics • NSI – Neuralstem, Inc. • NVS – Novartis • OCT – Octant Bio • OGX – OncoGenex • OPC – Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. • OSI – OSI Pharmaceuticals • PD – Parke-Davis, now Pfizer • PF – Pfizer • PHA – Pharmacia, now Pfizer • PNU – Pharmacia & Upjohn, now Pfizer • PT – Pearl Therapeutics, now part of AstraZeneca • PTI – Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc • R – Janssen Pharmaceutica, now part of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen began as Belgian and Dutch distributor for products of Gedeon Richter Plc.) • RDEA – Ardea Biosciences acquired by AstraZeneca • RDX – Ardelyx • RXC – Redx Pharma • REGN – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals • RLY – Relypsa • RMI – Richardson-Merrell • RO – Hoffmann–La Roche • RP – ReceptorPharma • RPC – Receptos, now Celgene • RTI– Research Triangle Institute (mostly restricted to various phenyltropanes) • RU – Roussel Uclaf • RWJ – R. W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, now part of Johnson & Johnson • SAGE – Sage Therapeutics • SAN – Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, now Novartis • SB – SmithKline Beecham, now GlaxoSmithKline • SC – G.D. Searle, now Pfizer • SCH – Schering Corp., later Schering-Plough • SKF – Smith, Kline & French, later merged into GlaxoSmithKline • SLV – Solvay • SNS – Sunesis Pharmaceuticals • SNS – Sensei Biotherapeutics • SPD – Shire • SPI – Spectrum Pharmaceuticals • SU – CIBA Pharmaceutical Company (the Summit, NJ site) • SU – SUGEN, now Pfizer ==T to Z==

• TAK – Takeda • TC – Targacept Inc. • TD – Theravance Biopharma • TERN – Terns Pharma • TG – Tragara Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, CA • TH – Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. • TKS – Thiakis Limited, a UK biotech company (acquired by Wyeth in 2008). • TM – TransMolecular • TMC – Tibotec • TNP – Takeda Neosplastic Product, from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company • TNX – Tanox, now Genentech/Roche • TOS – Totus Medicines • TS – Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., a Japanese Pharmaceutical Company • U – Upjohn (merged with Pharmacia 1995) • UCB – UCB • UCL – University College London • UK – Pfizer Sandwich, UK • USL – Upsher-Smith Laboratories • UTE – University of Utah • VET – Veterna S.r.l. • VX – Vertex Pharmaceuticals • WAY – Wyeth (Wyeth-Ayerst, acquired by Pfizer in 2009) • WY – Wyeth (merged with Ayerst 1987) • XL – Exelixis • XTL – XTL Biopharmaceuticals • XU – Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, now Novartis • ZD – Zeneca, now AstraZeneca • ZS – ZS Pharma, acquired by AstraZeneca ==References==