Search
Vandetanib
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05294ApprovedInvestigationalOn April 6 2011, vandetanib was approved by the FDA to treat nonresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic medullary thyroid cancer in adult patients.
Synonyms: N-(4-Bromo-2-fluorophenyl)-6-methoxy-7-((1-methyl-4-piperidinyl)methoxy)-4-quinazolinamine, N-(4-Bromo-2-fluorophenyl)-6-methoxy-7-((1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)methoxy)quinazolin-4-amineAnagrelide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00261ApprovedInvestigational[L14153] It is an oral imidazoquinazoline that was first approved for use in the US in 1997.[A214274] It appears to carry a better response rate than other thrombocythemia treatments (e.g. … Anagrelide is a platelet-reducing agent used to lower dangerously elevated platelet levels (i.e. to treat thrombocythemia) in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms.
Aprocitentan
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB15059ApprovedInvestigational[A263386,L50261] Aprocitentan was approved by the FDA in March 2024 for the treatment of hypertension in patients inadequately controlled with standard therapy. … [L50261] It was the first antihypertensive employing a novel mechanism to be approved in almost 40 years.[L50261]
Relugolix
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11853ApprovedInvestigational[L27991,L27996] This branded product was later approved by the European Commission on April 29, 2022.[L42150] Relugolix has also been studied in the symptomatic treatment of endometriosis. … It was first approved in Japan in 2019, under the brand name Relumina, for the symptomatic treatment of uterine fibroids,[A225816] and more recently by the United States' FDA in 2020, under the brand name
Orlistat
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01083ApprovedInvestigationalObesity-related complications lead to significant personal and economic burden by reducing quality of life and increasing the cost of healthcare. … It was approved by the FDA for use in combination with a reduced-calorie diet in 1999.
Products: ORLISTAT MK 120 MG CAPSULASLetrozole
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01006ApprovedInvestigationalLetrozole, or CGS 20267, is an oral non-steroidal type II aromatase inhibitor first described in the literature in 1990. … [A190546] Letrozole was granted FDA approval on 25 July 1997.[L11623]
Mixtures: Kisqali Femara Co-pack, Kisqali Femara Co-packProducts: Co LetrozoleRimegepant
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB12457ApprovedInvestigational[L38814] The current standard of migraine therapy involves abortive treatment with "triptans", such as [sumatriptan], but these medications are contraindicated in patients with pre-existing cerebrovascular … [L11028] It received FDA approval on February 27, 2020 for the acute treatment migraine headache,[L11974] and was subsequently approved by the European Commission in April 2022 for both the treatment and
Umbralisib
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB14989ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawn[A229363] Follicular lymphoma is also treated with rituximab and other chemotherapeutic agents, but may show similar progression. … It was marketed as Ukoniq by TG Therapeutics and has been approved for the treatment of relapsing and refractory marginal cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma in adults.
Allogeneic processed thymus tissue
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB16736Approved[L38929] Congenital athymia is a rare condition that leads to the absence of a thymus at birth and a high premature mortality rate, with patients typically dying by age two or three. … Allogeneic processed thymus tissue implantation works by migrating the recipient’s bone marrow-derived stem cells to the implanted cultured thymus tissue that develops immunocompetent naïve T cells.
Primidone
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00794ApprovedVet approved[L11112] Primidone was developed by J Yule Bogue and H C Carrington in 1949.[A189522] Primidone was granted FDA Approval on 8 March 1954.[L11112] … Primidone is an anticonvulsant used to treat essential tremor as well as grand mal, psychomotor, and focal epileptic seizures.