The pattern
Manufacturer. (Year, Month Day). Title of the drug information [Drug information]. Website Name. URL
- Manufacturer as author
- (n.d.) when there's no date
- Title in italic sentence case
- [Drug information] after the title
- Website name left out when it matches the author
Use the name of the drug or pharmaceutical company that makes the drug as the author.
The title is usually the name of the drug. Follow it with the description [Drug information] in square brackets, or other wording if that fits better.
Brand names are proper nouns, so they're capitalized. Generic names are common nouns, so they aren't.
Right and wrong, side by side
Novo Nordisk. (2025, January 2). Ozempic—semaglutide injection, solution [Drug information]. DailyMed. https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=adec4fd2-6858-4c99-91d4-531f5f2a2d79
Ozempic is a brand name, so it's capitalized; semaglutide is generic, so it isn't.
Novo Nordisk. (2025, January 2). Ozempic—Semaglutide Injection, Solution. Retrieved from DailyMed.
The title isn't italic or in sentence case, the generic name is capitalized, the [Drug information] description is missing, and there's no URL.
In the text
(Novo Nordisk, 2025)
Novo Nordisk (2025)
Which title is in correct sentence case?
Show the answer
Ozempic—semaglutide injection, solution. The brand name Ozempic is a proper noun and keeps its capital; the generic name semaglutide is a common noun and stays lowercase.