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Inositol nicotinate

Nicotinic acid plays an essential role in many important metabolic processes and has been used as lipid-lowering agent. … Niacin exists in different forms including nicotinic acid, nicotinamide and other derivatives such as inositol nicotinate.

Peginesatide

Peginesatide is a synthetic peptide attached to polyethylene glycol for the treatment of anemia. The polyethylene glycol moiety helps make the drug less immunogenic and prolongs its plasma half-life. Chemically, peginesatide is designed ...

Metocurine iodide

Metocurine Iodide is no longer available on the US market. … It is used as an anesthesia adjunct to induce skeletal muscle relaxation and to reduce the intensity of muscle contractions in convulsive therapy Metocurine iodide has a moderate risk of inducing histamine

Dornase alfa

Dornase alfa cleaves extracellular DNA to 5´-phosphodinucleotide and 5´-phosphooligonucleotide end products without affecting intracellular DNA. … In individuals with cystic fibrosis, extracellular DNA, which is an extremely viscous anion, is released by degenerating leukocytes that accumulate during inflammatory responses to infections.

Benzatropine

The generation of structure-activity relationships proved that benztropine derivatives with the presence of a chlorine substituent in the para position in one of the phenyl rings produces an increased … [A37914] Benztropine was developed by USL Pharma and officially approved by the FDA on 1996.[L5500]

Isosulfan blue

Tecovirimat

[A35133,L3614] Tecovirimat is an antiviral drug that was identified via a high-throughput screen in 2002. … [L3626, L3614] Tecovirimat was later approved by Health Canada in December 2021,[L39397] followed by the approval from the European Commission in January 2022.

Trihexyphenidyl

[L31773,L31778] Its discovery was published in 1949 in a study looking for drugs with antispasmodic activity. … [L31843] Trihexyphenidyl was granted FDA approval on 13 May 1949.[L31768]

Polyethylene glycol 400

In addition, PEG is available as a bowel preparation for colonoscopy procedures and as a laxative [L1788]. … It is used in ophthalmic solutions for the relief of burning, irritation and/or discomfort that follows dryness of the eye [L1785].

Lumacaftor

results in impaired production of the CFTR protein, thereby causing a significant reduction in the amount of ion transporter present on cell membranes. … , and improvements in CF symptoms.