Blood Substitutes

DBCAT001950Pharmacologic class

Substances that can function like HEMOGLOBINS in the capacity to carry oxygen to and carbon dioxide away from the tissues when introduced into the blood stream. The best known are the perfluorocarbon emulsions. A DrugBank category of 12 drugs. 5 of them are approved.

Also known as: Artificial Blood · Artificial Bloods · Artificial Erythrocyte · Artificial Erythrocytes · Artificial Hemoglobin
Drugs: Dextran
Hemoglobin crosfumaril
Hemoglobin glutamer-250 (bovine)
Hemoglobin glutamer-256 (human)
Hemoximer
Hydroxyethyl Starch
Pentastarch
Perfluamine
Perfluorodecalin
Plasma protein fraction (human)
Polygeline
Povidone

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

12DrugsEach linked to its full drug card

Listed above

12Drug targetsEvery drug–target pair in the class, with bond type

472Marketed productsAcross the regions we cover, with dosage forms and routes

7Routes of administrationHow the drugs in this class are given

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

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