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U.S.
Pharmaceutical Industry Expects Supply Of Usable Drug Names To Be Depleted
By 2005
 NEW
YORK, NY - US pharmaceutical marketing advisors have announced that names
available for new medications will be completely depleted by 2005. In
addition, names that include vowels will be "long gone" by 2003.
"It's a difficult situation," says industry spokesperson Zbrf
Knyzfsky. "We are reaching the point, much as we have already seen in
the internet community, where lack of available names is limiting growth
opportunities and the ability to bring new products to the market."
 At
the recent Drug Name Expo 2000, experts suggested that veterinarians could
help by adding ".cat," ".dog," or ".horse"
to their medications' names, which would "free up a bunch of names
for human consumption." Veterinarians, however, have countered by
saying that human meds could be similarly altered with ".baby,"
".infant," ".man," and ".woman" extensions.
"Damn
you, every stinking one of you," sighed Knyzfsky.
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