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Tegafur

It 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

Sirolimus

[A242417] Targeting mTOR received more attention especially in cancer, as mTOR signalling pathways are constitutively activated in many types of human cancer. … [A1320] Sirolimus was first approved by the FDA in 1999 for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in patients aged 13 years and older receiving renal transplants.

Bordetella pertussis toxoid antigen (formaldehyde inactivated)

Bordetella pertussis toxoid antigen (formaldehyde inactivated) is a vaccine.

Glycyrrhizic acid

[T204] Glycyrrhizic acid has been developed in Japan and China as a hepatoprotective drug in cases of chronic hepatitis. … [F80] It was approved by Health Canada to be used in over-the-counter products but all the products are currently on the status canceled post marketed.[L1113]

Rilonacept

Rilonacept functions as an interleukin 1 inhibitor and is used in the treatment of CAPS, also known as cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes, including familial cold auto-inflammatory syndrome (FCAS) … and Muckle-Wells Syndrome (MWS), in adults and children greater than 12 years old.

DaxibotulinumtoxinA

_C. botulinum_ is known to produce toxins that can cause botulism in humans. … DaxibotulinumtoxinA is an acetylcholine release inhibitor and neuromuscular blocking agent.

Lumasiran

[L23554] This condition, caused by a deficiency in the enzyme alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase, leads to an accumulation of oxalate, causing calcium crystal formation. … [L23554] Lumasiran was granted FDA approval on 23 November 2020.[L23394]

1,2-icosapentoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoserine

Nusinersen

An antisense oligonucleotide that induces survival motor neuron (SMN) protein expression, it was approved by the U.S. … FDA in December, 2016 as Spinraza for the treatment of children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). It is adminstrated as direct intrathecal injection.

Hydroxyethyl ethylcellulose

Hydroxyethyl ethylcellulose modulates bacterial binding to salivary pellicle; moderately effective in preventing plaque formation.