Water is a naturally-occurring element used as an ingredient and vehicle in various pharmaceutical preparations of water. Water (chemical formula: H2O) is a transparent fluid which forms the world's streams, lakes, oceans and rain, and is the major constituent of the fluids of organisms.
- Primary indication
- For diluting or dissolving drugs for intravenous, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection, according to instructions of the manufacturer of the drug to be administered.Curator reviewed · 2 structured indications
- Formula / weight
- H2O · 18.0153 g/mol (avg)
- First approval
- Canada, 1996 · United States, 1947
- Also known as
- aqua · Dihydrogen oxide · Purified water · Sterile water · Water purified
- Code names
- B1217 · NSC-147337 · R-718
- Brand names
Resolves to
Clinical / RWD
Structure
Targets
What you can answer from here — as of September 12, 2026
1Protein targetEach mapped to UniProt, with action and pharmacological actionListed above
Which drugs share a target with Water, and which of those have an active Phase 3 trial?
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