Get the hyphen right

July 20, 2015

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has published a clarification document detailing the correct use of hyphens in ingredient names. Although the TGA approved terminology for medicines (July 1999) document contains obsolete entries, the rules remain current and must be applied - in particular rules relating to the use of hyphens in approved names. Where a hyphen does not include a space on the sides - e.g. ‘cod-liver oil’ - the lack of spaces indicates it is part of the ingredient name and should be retained on labels. If there is a space on either side - for example ‘starch - maize’ then the hyphen is for “alphabetical indexing purposes only” and should not be retained when the name is included on labels, in Product Information or other documentation. For details see www.tga.gov.au.

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