Scrabble players?

[Papa1]

Are all of the people who name cancer drugs scrabble players? Seems the names all have at least one and often more Z, X, J, or K.

[Kaliber]

and not only those yayahahahaya…. How about the nasal decongestion and antihistamines called HYDROXYZINE and HYDROXYLS .

😂😂😂😂

[Wassersug]

The idea is not completely new. About a decade ago , I published an essay in the journal Urology where I rated all the major PCa drugs available at the time of PCa based on their Scrabble scores. Here's the reference:

Wassersug R. J. (2013). The relative value of some new drugs used to treat prostate cancer. Urology, 82(4), 755–756. doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2...

The game continues. If one takes just the second generation anti-androgens, Xtandi scores well for Astellas, but Janssen evidently declined to play the game when it brought Erleada to market. Meanwhile Bayer beat them both with Nubeqa.

Richard Wassersug, PhD

[Note: I add my "PhD" degree just do make sure folks know that I'm not an MD.]