Which type of drug name usually begins with a lowercase letter?

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Before any drug is marketed,it is given a generic name that becomes the "official" name of the drug.Each drug is assigned only one generic name selected by the U.S.Adopted Name Council,and the name is not capitalized.The brand name is equivalent to the trade name and is capitalized.Although the brand name is technically the name of the company marketing the product,this term is often used interchangeably with the trade name.The code name is the initial term used within a pharmaceutical company to refer to a drug while it is undergoing investigation and is often a combination of capital letters and numbers,the letters representing an abbreviation of the company name.

Which Type of Drug Name Usually Begins with a Lowercase