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Agalsidase alfa
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB15874ApprovedInvestigational[A220228,A220233] Use of agalsidase beta has decreased in Europe, in favor of agalsidase alfa, after a contamination event in 2009. … While patients generally do not experience a clinically significant difference in outcomes between the two drugs, some patients may experience greater benefit with agalsidase beta.
Pectin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11158ApprovedInvestigationalVet approvedPectin is a heteropolysaccharide commercially derived from the cell wall of higher plants.[A32327] It is composed of partially methylated polygalacturonic acid units linked in the positions 1-4. … [L1961] The carboxylic group of the constituents of pectin can exist in the form of esters, free acids, ammonium, potassium or sodium salts or as acid amides.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingCemiplimab
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB14707ApprovedInvestigational[A39201,A254177,L4615] It was later approved to be used in basal cell carcinoma and non-small non-small cell lung cancer. … [L43867] The EMA then approved Libtayo (cemiplimab) for that indication later in the same year. [L43872]
Tegafur
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09256ApprovedInvestigationalIt is a pyrimidine analogue used in combination therapies as an active chemotherapeutic agent in conjunction with [DB09257] and [DB03209], or along with [DB00544] as [DB09327]. … When converted and bioactivated to 5-FU, the drug mediates an anticancer activity by inhibiting thymidylate synthase (TS) during the pyrimidine pathway involved in DNA synthesis. 5-FU is listed on the
International brands: ESUEEW AN TPegulicianine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB18731ApprovedInvestigationalPegulicianine is an optical imaging agent indicated for fluorescence imaging in patients with breast cancer. … [L50537] Pegulicianine (under the brand name Lumisight) was approved for use by the FDA in April 2024.[L50537,L50547] It received Fast Track and priority review for this indication.[L50547]
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingNavepegritide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB17824ApprovedInvestigational[L56065] Navepegritide was approved by the US FDA in February 2026 for use in patients 2 years of age and older with achondroplasia with open epiphyses.[L56058,L56065] … endochondral ossification, resulting in multisystem complications including short stature.
Eugenol
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09086ApprovedInvestigationalEugenol is a naturally occurring phenolic molecule found in several plants such as cinnamon, clove, and bay leaves. … It has been used as a topical antiseptic as a counter-irritant and in dental preparations with zinc oxide for root canal sealing and pain control.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingThyroid, porcine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09100ApprovedInvestigational[A190831] Thyroid extract is no longer considered a first line therapy as it delivers a dose that is inconsistent with the stated strength of the tablet. … [A190813] Thyroid extracts were never FDA approved as their use in the United States predates the FDA.[A190831]
Vigabatrin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01080ApprovedInvestigationalVigabatrin is an analog of gamma-aminobutyric acid ([GABA]), the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, used in the treatment of refractory seizures and infantile spasms. … [A202037] It was first introduced as an antiepileptic agent in the United Kingdom in 1989 and was used extensively until 1997, when an association with vision loss became apparent.
Carbon dioxide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09157ApprovedInvestigationalVet approvedMedical Carbon Dioxide is a liquefied medicinal gas, supplied in cylinders filled to a high pressure. Medical Carbon Dioxide may be used in different situations, e.g. … during bodily investigations, to inflate body cavities during surgery (such as key-hole surgery), and in solid form (dry ice) for freezing of tissue and removal of warts.
Mixtures: Carbon Dioxide In Oxygen Mixture