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  1. Drug

    Benzyl benzoate

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    Approved

    Scabies is a skin infection caused by the mite sarcoptes scabiei. It is characterised by severe itching (particularly at night), red spots, and may lead to a secondary infection.

  2. Drug

    Lapatinib

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Lapatinib is an anti-cancer drug developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as a treatment for solid tumours such as breast and lung cancer. … It was approved by the FDA on March 13, 2007, for use in patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer in conjunction with the chemotherapy drug capecitabine.

  3. Drug

    Fulvestrant

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    It is an estrogen receptor antagonist with no agonist effects, which works both by down-regulating and by degrading the estrogen receptor.

  4. Drug

    Resmetirom

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB12914
    ApprovedInvestigational

    [A263461] Resmetirom works to reduce liver fat by stimulating fatty acid degradation and oxidation.[L50336] … On March 14, 2024, it was approved by the FDA as the first treatment of liver fibrosis due to noncirrhotic non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which is a form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD

  5. Drug

    Vanzacaftor

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    [L52275,A179677] Vanzacaftor was first approved by the US FDA in December 2024 in combination with another CFTR corrector - [tezacaftor], which binds to a different site than vanzacaftor - and [deutivacaftor … It is used alongside other CFTR correctors and CFTR potentiators to increase the quantity and function of CFTR at the cell surface in patients with cystic fibrosis.

  6. Drug

    Mercuric chloride

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13765
    Experimental

    Mercuric chloride was used to disinfect wounds by Arab physicians in the Middle Ages but modern medicine has since deemed it unsafe for use. [T112]

  7. Drug

    Calcitonin porcine

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13189
    Experimental

    Human calcitonin is available only in very small quantities but has been used in some studies. The first commercially available preparation in Britain was porcine calcitonin (brand name Calcitare). … Calcitonin is a polypeptide hormone secreted by the parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland in mammals. It inhibits bone resorption and lowers both serum and urinary calcium concentrations.

  8. Drug

    Vigabatrin

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01080
    ApprovedInvestigational

    [A202124] Its use is now generally reserved for patients who have failed alternative therapies, and its US approval by the FDA in 2009 mandated the creation of a drug registry to monitor patients for visual

  9. Drug

    Teglarinad chloride

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05217
    Investigational

    GMX1777 is a water-soluble prodrug of the cyanoguanidine compound GMX1778 with potential antineoplastic activity. In vivo, apoptosis inducer GMX1777 is rapidly converted into GMX1778 through hydrolytic cleavage of a carbonate ester bond....

  10. Drug

    Palbociclib

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09073
    ApprovedInvestigational

    [A176810] Palbociclib was developed by Pfizer Inc after the discovery that identified the cyclin-dependent kinases as key regulators of cell growth.