Excipients

DBCAT001545Pharmacologic class

Usually inert substances added to a prescription in order to provide suitable consistency to the dosage form. These include binders, matrix, base or diluent in pills, tablets, creams, salves, etc. A DrugBank category of 14 drugs. 7 of them are approved.

Also known as: Agents, Stabilizing · Agents, Suspending · Stabilizing Agents · Suspending Agents
Drugs: 2-Hydroxylpropyl-beta-cyclodextrin
Betadex
Microcrystalline cellulose
Octylphenoxy polyethoxyethanol
Poloxamer 188
Poloxamer 407
Polyethylene glycol
Polysorbate 20
Polysorbate 80
Sulfobutylether-beta-cyclodextrin
Tragacanth
Tricaprylin
Triethylhexanoin
Tromethamine

What you can answer from here — as of August 24, 2016

14DrugsEach linked to its full drug card

Listed above

18Drug targetsEvery drug–target pair in the class, with bond type

664Marketed productsAcross the regions we cover, with dosage forms and routes

15Routes of administrationHow the drugs in this class are given

Which targets do Excipients share, and which companies have late-stage candidates in this class?

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