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Gallium nitrate
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05260ApprovedInvestigational[A17097] GANITE, a product of gallium nitrate previously used to treat cancer-related hypercalcemia, was discontinued from marketing in the US for reasons other than safety or effectiveness. … Gallium nitrate is a nitrate salt of [DB14524], a heavy metal that has been used as a diagnostic agent.[A260816] Gallium nitrate is reported to possess antiresorptive and hypocalcemic effects on bone.
Penpulimab
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB16747ApprovedInvestigationalThe use of an IgG1 backbone - as opposed to an IgG4 backbone as is typical in other anti-PD-1 antibodies like [nivolumab] - is intended to reduce the risk of immune-related adverse events. … [A273843,A273848] Penpulimab-kcqx was approved by the US FDA in April 2025 for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in select patients.[L52993,L52998]
Categories: Programmed Death Receptor-1 Blocking AntibodyEthylmorphine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01466IllicitInvestigationalIt is metabolized in the liver by ethylmorphine-N-demethylase and used as an indicator of liver function. It is not marketed in the US but is approved for use in various countries around the world. … In the US it is a schedule II drug (single-entity) and schedule III drug (in combination products).
Aldo-keto reductase family
go.drugbank.com/bio_entities/BE0009802EnzymeHumansCatalyzes the reduction of estrone into 17beta-estradiol but with low efficiency (PubMed:14672942). … Can form 17beta-hydroxysteroids such as testosterone and estradiol albeit with lower efficiency when compared to AKR1C3 (PubMed:10998348).
Synonyms: Estradiol 17-beta-dehydrogenase AKR1B15Rivaroxaban
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06228ApprovedInvestigationalRivaroxaban is an anticoagulant and the first orally active direct factor Xa inhibitor. Unlike warfarin, routine lab monitoring of INR is not necessary. … However there is no antidote available in the event of a major bleed. Only the 10 mg tablet can be taken without regard to food. The 15 mg and 20 mg tablet should be taken with food.
Finerenone
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB16165ApprovedInvestigational[A236544] Spironolactone has low selectivity and affinity for the receptor; it dissociates quickly and can also have effects at the androgen, progesterone, and glucocorticoid receptors. … Finerenone, or BAY 94-8862, is a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist indicated to reduce the risk of sustained decline in glomerular filtration rate, end stage kidney disease, cardiovascular death, heart
Categories: Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists, Nonsteroidal Mineralocorticoid-Receptor AntagonistAsciminib
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB12597ApprovedInvestigational[A241065] Asciminib is unique in that it acts as an allosteric inhibitor, binding at the myristoyl pocket of the BCR-ABL1 protein and locking it into an inactive conformation. … More specifically, it is an inhibitor of the ABL1 kinase activity of the BCR-ABL1 fusion protein[L38995] which serves as a driver of CML proliferation in most patients with the disease.
Rilzabrutinib
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB17709ApprovedInvestigational[L53743] ITP is an autoimmune disorder characterized by low platelet count. … Rilzabrutinib is thought to work by dual mechanisms of action in ITP: It attenuates macrophage (Fcγ receptor)-mediated platelet destruction and reduces the production of pathogenic autoantibodies.
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 … Bleeding in joints is a common manifestation of hemophilia A, and bleeding episodes can be severe and life-threatening like intracranial hemorrhage.
Viltolarsen
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB15005ApprovedInvestigational[A218176] Viltolarsen was granted accelerated FDA approval on August 12, 2020, based on data showing an increase in dystrophin levels in skeletal muscle of patients treated with viltolarsen; this approval … Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive allelic disorder characterized by a lack of functional dystrophin protein, which leads to progressive ambulatory, pulmonary, and cardiac function