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Porfimer sodium
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00707ApprovedInvestigationalIt is the first drug to be approved in the use of photodynamic therapy in the United States. … It is used in photodynamic therapy (hematoporphyrin photoradiation); to treat malignant lesions with visible light and experimentally as an antiviral agent.
Categories: Sensitizers Used in Photodynamic/radiation TherapyInternational brands: Photofrin IIAT2220
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05200InvestigationalAT2220 has been shown to increase GAA activity in cell lines derived from Pompe patients and in transfected cells expressing misfolded forms of GAA. … AT2220 is an experimental, oral therapy for the treatment of Pompe disease and belongs to a class of molecules known as pharmacological chaperones.
Grazoprevir
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11575ApprovedIn a joint recommendation published in 2016, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recommend Grazoprevir as first line therapy … It can be used in patients with compensated cirrhosis, human immunodeficiency virus co-infection, or severe kidney disease.
Respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, adjuvanted
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB17762ApprovedInvestigational[L46352] It was also later approved by Health Canada on August 4, 2023,[L47666] and the EMA in March 2025.[L52380] … It comprises lyophilized recombinant respiratory syncytial virus glycoprotein F (RSVPreF3) stabilized in pre-fusion conformation as the antigen component, which is reconstituted at the time of use with
Abrocitinib
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB14973ApprovedInvestigational[L39784] On January 14, 2022, the FDA approved abrocitinib for the treatment of refractory, moderate-to-severe AD in adults whose disease is not adequately controlled with other systemic drug products, … [L39779] Health Canada also approved the use of abrocitinib in pediatric patients 12 years and older.[L42395]
Calcium lactate
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13231ApprovedVet approvedCalcium lactate is also found in daily dietary supplements as a source of calcium. It is also available in various hydrate forms, where calcium lactate pentahydrate is the most common. … It is prepared commercially by the neutralization of lactic acid with calcium carbonate or calcium hydroxide.
Mixtures: Min-tran TabAprocitentan
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]
Capsicum oleoresin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11131ApprovedCapsicum oleoresin is contained in pepper sprays when suspended in water, and acts an active lachrymatory agent that induces irritation, lacrimation, pain, and temporary blindness when in contact with … Capsicum oleoresin is an oily organic resin derived from the fruit of plants in the Capsicum genus, such as chilli peppers.
Mixtures: DermacinRx Lexitral PharmaPak IIDisopyramide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00280ApprovedInvestigationalIt also possesses some anticholinergic and local anesthetic properties. … A class I anti-arrhythmic agent (one that interferes directly with the depolarization of the cardiac membrane and thus serves as a membrane-stabilizing agent) with a depressant action on the heart similar
Categories: Antiarrhythmics, Class I, Antiarrhythmics, Class IaErythrityl tetranitrate
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01613ApprovedWithdrawnA vasodilator with general properties similar to nitroglycerin. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1020)
Categories: Vasodilators Used in Cardiac Diseases