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Bulevirtide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB15248ApprovedInvestigationalIt was first approved for use in the EU on May 28, 2020; bulevirtide has been granted PRIME scheme eligibility and Orphan Drug Designation by the European Medicines Agency.
Eflornithine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06243ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawnEflornithine is an irreversible ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor originally developed as a treatment for human African trypanosomiasis. Further research has also implicated ornithine decarboxylase in other conditions like facial hirsuti...
Suramin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB04786InvestigationalIt is used parenterally in the treatment of African trypanosomiasis and it has been used clinically with diethylcarbamazine to kill the adult Onchocerca. … (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1992, p1643) It has also been shown to have potent antineoplastic properties. Suramin is manufactured by Bayer in Germany as Germanin®.
Romosozumab
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11866ApprovedInvestigationalRomosozumab prevents bone resorption and induces the formation of bone though it is associated with an increased risk of cardiac death, heart attack, and stroke in one study[L5921,L5924].
Garetosmab
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB16379ApprovedInvestigational[L63940] By preventing this aberrant signaling, it reduces the formation of new abnormal bone.[L63940] It is administered by intravenous infusion every four weeks. … [L63940] It is a fully human IgG4 monoclonal antibody that binds and neutralizes activin A, blocking activin A from activating the mutant ACVR1 receptor that, in FOP, drives the formation of heterotopic
Silver nitrate
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11080ApprovedIt is often used as a precursor to other silver-containing compounds. … It is used in making photographic films, and in laboratory setting as a staining agent in protein visualization in PAGE gels and in scanning electron microscopy.
Sulopenem etzadroxil
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB16335ApprovedInvestigationalLike other beta-lactam antibacterials, it is a time-dependent inhibitor of bacterial cell wall synthesis. … [L51858] It is administered in combination with [probenecid] in order to increase antibiotic exposure.[L51768]
Chymopapain
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06752ApprovedWithdrawnIt is currently discontinued.[L2487] … [L2482]It is an extracellular plant cysteine proteinase similar to papain in specificity.[A32688] Chymopapain was developed by Chart Medcl and FDA approved on November 10, 1982.
Huperzine A
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB04864ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawnRecently in clinical trials in China, it has demonstrated neuroprotective effects. … It is currently being investigated as a possible treatment for diseases characterized by neurodegeneration – particularly Alzheimer’s disease.
Acetohydroxamic acid
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00551ApprovedInvestigationalIt is used, in addition to antibiotics or medical procedures, to treat chronic urea-splitting urinary infections. … In the urine, it acts as an antagonist of the bacterial enzyme urease. Acetohydroxamic Acid has no direct antimicrobial action and does not acidify urine directly.