If you discovered a new drug, how would you name it and categorize it?

Question: If you discovered a new drug, how would you name it and categorize it?
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  classify,
  drug,
  name
Asked by jump42day to Aoife on 20 Nov 2019.
- Aoife Campbell answered on 20 Nov 2019:
  
  Most drugs are named depending on their chemical structure or what class they fell into. It would depend on which category the drug belonged to. Unfortunately naming the drug wouldn’t be up to me.

jump42day commented on 21 Nov 2019:

The who does the naming?

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Question: If you discovered a new drug, how would you name it and categorize it?