You can’t turn on the television these days without encountering advertisements for pharmaceuticals. Drug companies are working hard to make names like Emgality, Trulicity and Dupixent as familiar as Camry, Silverado and Explorer.

It’s never been easy to find names that pass muster with the Food and Drug Administration, which aren’t in use by others and still have a little panache. But it’s growing more difficult with each passing year as the pharmaceutical marketplace grows ever more crowded. That’s why short two-syllable names like Prozac and Darvon are mostly relics of the past.