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  1. Drug

    Enzalutamide

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    [L40639, A252667] Although androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the first-line treatment of prostate cancer and remission can be achieved, arising resistance is inevitable, becoming castration-resistant … [A252667,A252642] Due to a favorable pharmacological profile, a phase 1 study of enzalutamide was initiated in July 2007.

  2. Drug

    Calaspargase pegol

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Asparagine is incorporated into most proteins, and the synthesis of proteins is stopped when asparagine is absent, which inhibits RNA and DNA synthesis, resulting in a halt in cellular proliferation. … This forms the basis of asparaginase treatment in ALL [A40270], [A40273], [F2432].

    Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household setting
  3. Drug

    Ramucirumab

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Ramucirumab is indicated for us in advanced gastric or gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinoma as a single agent or in combination with paclitaxel after prior fluoropyrimidine- or platinum-containing … VEGFR stimulation also mediates downstream signalling required for angiogenesis and is postulated to be heavily involved in cancer progression, making it a highly likely drug target.

  4. Drug

    Simeprevir

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06290
    ApprovedWithdrawn

    or second-line threapies for treatment-naïve patients as adjunct to sofosbuvir treatment for genotype 1 or PEG-Interferon/ribavirin combination therapy for genotype 1 or 4. … According to 2017 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and 2015 consensus guidelines from the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver (CASL), simeprevir can be used as first-line

  5. Drug

    Technetium Tc-99m tetrofosmin

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09160
    Approved

    Technetium Tc-99m tetrofosmin is a drug used in nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging. … It is a lipophilic technetium phosphine dioxo cation that was formulated into a freeze-dried kit which yields an injection.

    Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household setting
  6. Drug

    Galactose

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    ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawn

    As a naturally occurring sugar, it may be found in a number dairy products. Even then, however, it is not generally used as a sweetener considering it is only about 30% as sweet as sucrose. … There are even proposals for its use in accelerating senescence in mice, rats, and Drosophila, for its association with ovarian cancer, or even for the potential treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

    Mixtures: Levovist - Pws IV (4g Granules /vial)
  7. Drug

    Acarbose

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Acarbose is therefore used in conjunction with diet, exercise, and other pharmacotherapies for the management of blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. … Acarbose is a complex oligosaccharide that acts as an inhibitor of several enzymes responsible for the breakdown of complex carbohydrates in the intestines.

    Categories: Drugs Used in Diabetes
  8. Drug

    Mifamurtide

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    While about 90% of patients with newly diagnosed osteosarcoma may achieve complete remission from first-line therapies, the prognosis is still poor for patients with non-metastatic osteosarcoma with lower … Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor that usually arises in the metaphyses of long bone in children and adolescents [A31744].

  9. Drug

    Finasteride

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01216
    ApprovedInvestigational

    [L6244,L10565] In 1998, it was approved by the FDA to treat male pattern hair loss. … It works in a similar fashion as [dutasteride], which is another 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, by exerting antiandrogenic effects.

    Categories: Drugs Used in Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
  10. Drug

    Thimerosal

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    Approved

    Although thimerosal is banned in several countries, it continues to be included as a preservative in some vaccines in the United States and many vaccines in the developing world [L1685]. … Developed in 1927, thimerosal has been and is still being used as a preservative in some cosmetics, topical pharmaceuticals, and biological drug products, which includes vaccines.

    Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household setting