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

Question

What does it mean?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

It’s the standard suffix for monoclonal antibody therapies

Also, this is literally the first result when you Google “umab drug suffix” – if you had a specific question that isn’t answed by the top Google result then you really should include it, otherwise it just looks like your too lazy to Google your question

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclonal_antibody_therapy#:~:text=Human%20monoclonal%20antibodies%20(suffix%20%2Dumab,production%20of%20appropriate%20monoclonal%20antibodies.