Why do so many modern drugs have names that end in “umab”?

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“ mab” for monoclonal antibody, the “u” indicates the antibodies are humanized which has to do with the type of cells used to produce the antibodies. Early mabs were produced from chimeric cells composed partially of mouse cells. The technology has advanced to using wholly human cells.

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