Why do drugs/medicines have such difficult names?

Question

And what’s the creative process behind coming up with such names?

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Answer 1

So first the chemists do their thing.

Then marketing comes back from a few hours at the bar and does their thing.

One example: [Premarin](https://www.avma.org/javma-news/2002-04-15/veterinary-equine-community-dispel-accusations-against-pregnant-mare-urine).

Made from PREregnant MARe urINE.

Talk about phoning it in.