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Mevastatin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06693ExperimentalDuring a search for antibiotic compounds produced by fungi in 1971, Akira Endo at Sankyo Co. (Japan) discovered a class of compounds that appeared to lower plasma cholesterol levels. … Mevastatin is a pro-drug that is activated by <i>in vivo</i> hydrolysis of the lactone ring. It has served as one of the lead compounds for the development of the synthetic compounds used today.
Cyclopentamine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB08999ApprovedWithdrawnIt has been widely discontinued due to the safety, effectiveness, and availability of a similar drug, propylhexedrine. … Cyclopentamine was an over the counter treatment for nasal congestion in Europe and Australia.
Indium In-111 pentetreotide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11835ApprovedIndium In 111 pentetreotide (Octreoscan) has been used in trials studying the diagnostic of SARCOIDOSIS, Solid Tumors, and cushing syndrome.
Synonyms: Indium In 111 Pentreotide, Indium In 111 pentetreotideMixtures: Kit for the Preparation of Indium In 111 PentetreotideGestrinone
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11619ApprovedHowever, from 1982 this drug attracted increased interest due to significant therapeutic effects in the treatment endometriosis. … Gestrinone was developed in the early 1970s and was tested clinically as a weekly oral contraceptive in Europe and North America.
Human cord blood hematopoietic progenitor cell
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11054ApprovedAfter the first cord blood transplant in 1988 in a patient with Fanconi anemia [A32220], the use of umbilical cord blood transplantation was increased in clinical settings. … donor transplant setting has several advantages over related donor transplant and bone marrow transplantation; it allows shorter time to transplant and tolerance of 1–2 human leukocyte antigen mismatch due
Technetium Tc-99m pyrophosphate
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09165ApprovedIt has also been used in noninvasive tests for the distribution of organ involvement in different types of amyloidosis and for the evaluation of muscle necrosis in the extremities. … A radionuclide imaging agent used primarily in scintigraphy or tomography of the heart to evaluate the extent of the necrotic myocardial process.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingBelatacept
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06681ApprovedInvestigationalFDA approved on June 15, 2011. … Structurally, abatacept is a glycosylated fusion protein with a MALDI-MS molecular weight of 92,300 Da and it is a homodimer of two homologous polypeptide chains of 357 amino acids each.
Brincidofovir
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB12151ApprovedInvestigational[A235725,A235735] Due to its formulation as a pro-drug brincidofovir also carries a greater bioavailability than cidofovir,[A235740,A235725] allowing for oral administration rather than intravenous. … Brincidofovir is an oral antiviral drug used in the treatment of human smallpox infections.
Influenza B virus B/Brisbane/60/2008 hemagglutinin antigen (formaldehyde inactivated)
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB14385ApprovedInvestigationalWithdrawnInactivated virus cannot replicate, and therefore cannot cause disease from infection, even in immunocompromised individuals. … In contrast, live vaccines are produced from "wild-type" or disease-causing viruses that have been attenuated, or weakened, through various laboratory techniques.
Mixtures: FluVaccinol Subunit Tetra Injektionssuspension in einer FertigspritzeMolsidomine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09282ApprovedWithdrawnInterestingly, it is being studied as being a preventive measure in cerebral infarction [A31932]. … Molsidomine is an orally active, long-acting vasodilator, which belongs to the class of medications known as syndnones.
Categories: Vasodilators Used in Cardiac Diseases