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TIL that "aspirin" was actually originally a trademarked brand name owned by Bayer.
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KuromiGirl04 lemmy.world KuromiGirl04@lemmy.world
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Link: https://www.jonesipl.com/article/genericide-the-case-of-aspirin/

This is apparently a case of a genericized trademark

I thought aspirin was the general name for the painkilling medicine, like acetaminophen of ibuprofen
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