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Mifamurtide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13615ApprovedInvestigationalOsteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor that usually arises in the metaphyses of long bone in children and adolescents [A31744]. … As a liposomal formulation, mifamurtide demonstrates an enhanced tumoricidal effect and improved safety profile [A31745]. Mifamurtide is marketed in Europe as Mepact for intravenous infusion.
Eltrombopag
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06210ApprovedInvestigationalITP is a condition that may cause unusual bruising or bleeding due to an abnormally low number of platelets in the blood. … Eltrombopag is used to treat low blood platelet counts in adults with chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenia (ITP), when certain other medicines, or surgery to remove the spleen, have not worked
Pidolic acid
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB03088ApprovedInvestigationalPidolic acid, in general, is found in large quantities in brain tissue and other tissues in bound form, like skin [L2729]. … exercising caution in their recommendation as much more research is necessary [A32981, A32982].
Pyrantel
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11156ApprovedVet approvedPyrantel is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, which are the safest and most effective medicines required in a functioning health system [L1901], [L1902]. … Pyrantel was initially described in 1965 by researchers from Pfizer who sought cyclic amidines with suitable pharmacokinetic properties (specifically, duration of action) for use as an anthelmintic drug
Rurioctocog alfa pegol
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB16007ApprovedInvestigationalFactor VIII is an essential protein involved in normal blood clotting; thus, a deficient level of functional factor VIII is associated with an elevated risk for excessive bleeding caused by spontaneous … It was first approved by the European Commission in January 2018.
Benzthiazide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00562ApprovedThey inhibit Na+/Cl- reabsorption from the distal convoluted tubules in the kidneys. Thiazides also cause loss of potassium and an increase in serum uric acid. … Thiazides cause vasodilation by activating calcium-activated potassium channels (large conductance) in vascular smooth muscles and inhibiting various carbonic anhydrases in vascular tissue.
Synonyms: 6-chloro-1,1-dioxo-3-(phenylmethylsulfanylmethyl)-4H-benzo[e][1,2,4]thiadiazine-7-sulfonamideTolrestat
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB02383ApprovedWithdrawnWhile it was approved for marketed in several countries, it failed a Phase III trial in the U.S. due to toxicity and never received FDA approval. … Tolrestat (INN) (AY-27773) is an aldose reductase inhibitor which was approved for the control of certain diabetic complications.
Categories: Drugs Used in DiabetesSaquinavir
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01232ApprovedInvestigationalIn 1995 it became the first protease inhibitor approved by the FDA, followed shortly by ritonavir in 1996, and remains in clinical use today due to a relatively benign adverse effect profile as compared … Saquinavir is an HIV-1 protease inhibitor used in combination with [ritonavir] and other antiretrovirals for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection.
Palovarotene
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05467ApprovedFibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), with an estimated worldwide prevalence of one in 2 million individuals, is an exceptionally rare genetic disorder. … [A244920] Palovarotene was approved for use in Canada in January 2022 for the management of heterotopic ossification (HO) in patients with FOP, representing the first global approval for any FOP therapy
Naxitamab
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB15965ApprovedInvestigational[L24454,A224604] Normally expressed during fetal development and in mature neurons, pain fibers, and skin cells, GD2 constitutes a highly efficient target in the treatment of neuroblastoma - it is widely … Naxitamab (humanized 3F8, hu3F8) is an IgG1 monoclonal antibody directed against the oncofetal differentiation antigen GD2 disialoganglioside.