List of pharmaceutical compound number prefix
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Pharmaceutical companies have a lot of compounds. The compounds are systematically numbered, such as CP-529414 (for the recently failed Pfizer experimental drug torcetrapib). In addition to the number, there are several letters (the "prefix") that usually tells which company the compound comes from. Here is a list prefixes, and the company they represent. Since the pharmaceutical industry has gone through a lot of mergers and acquisitions, the original company and the current company are both listed.
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[edit] A to F
- ABT - Abbott Labs
- ACP - Acadia Phamarceuticals
- AG - Agouron, now Pfizer La Jolla Labs
- AGI - AtheroGenics
- AMG - Amgen
- ARQ - ArQule
- BMS - Bristol-Myers Squibb
- CE - Pfizer
- CP - Pfizer Groton. CP probably refer to the founder of the company, Charles Pfizer
- CSL - CSL Ltd
- ETC - Esperion Therapeutics
[edit] G to L
- GR - GlaxoSmithKline
- GS - Gilead Sciences
- GSK - GlaxoSmithKline
- HCV - ViroPharma
- IDN - Idun pharmaceuticals, acquired by Pfizer
- ISIS - Isis Pharmaceuticals
- KOS - Kosan Biosciences
- LY - Eli Lilly
[edit] M to S
- MGX - Victory Pharma (this is questionable, the letters don't make sense)
- MK - Merck
- NG - Neurogen Corp.
- OGX - OncoGenex
- PD - Parke-Davis, now Pfizer
- PF - Pfizer
- PHA - Pharmacia, now Pfizer
- SB - SmithKline Beecham, now GlaxoSmithKline
- SCH - Schering-Plough
