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  1. Drug

    Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    It works by depleting the stores of an important amino acid called asparagine, which is involved in DNA synthesis and cell survival of malignant cells, leading to cell death. … [L149] In June 2021, the recombinant form of asparaginase _Erwinia chrysanthemi_ was approved by the FDA as a component of a chemotherapy regimen to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic

  2. Drug

    Corticorelin

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    Investigational

    It is made naturally by the hypothalamus (a part of the brain) and can also be made in the laboratory. … Human corticotropin-releasing factor may help reduce symptoms caused by edema (swelling) of the brain. It is a type of neurohormone, also called hCRF.

  3. Drug

    Linzagolix

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    [A253667] Linzagolix was approved for use in the European Union in June 2022 for the management of symptoms caused by uterine fibroids.[L43627] … As these fibroids are essentially estrogen-dependent phenomena, hormone therapies which suppress estrogen activity - including GnRH receptor antagonists like linzagolix - are thought to be beneficial by

  4. Drug

    Poliovirus type 2 antigen (formaldehyde inactivated)

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    Poliovirus type 2 antigen is a suspension of poliovirus Type 2 (MEF-1) used in the active immunization of infants (as young as 6 weeks of age), children, and adults for the prevention of poliomyelitis caused by

  5. Drug

    Acrivastine

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    Approved

    As an H1 receptor antagonist, it functions by blocking the action of histamine at this receptor thereby preventing the symptoms associated with histamine release such as pruritis, vasodilation, hypotension

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    Glisoxepide

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    Investigational

    by sulphate. … Glisoxepide uptake could be further inhibited by blockers of the hepatocellular monocarboxylate transporter, by the loop diuretic bumetanide, by 4,4'-diisothiocyano-2,2'-stilbenedisulfonate (DIDS) and

  7. Drug

    Acarbose

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    [L31633,A37868] By inhibiting the activity of these enzymes, acarbose limits the absorption of dietary carbohydrates and the subsequent postprandial increase in blood glucose and insulin levels.

  8. Drug

    PSN357

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    Experimental

    PSN357 is a glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor (GPI), which is designed to rapidly lower blood glucose levels by preventing glycogen breakdown to glucose in the liver.

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    Rosiglitazone

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    ApprovedInvestigational

    It is marketed by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline as a stand-alone drug (Avandia) and in combination with metformin (Avandamet) or with glimepiride (Avandaryl). … Like other thiazolidinediones, the mechanism of action of rosiglitazone is by activation of the intracellular receptor class of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs), specifically PPARγ

  10. Drug

    Imiglucerase

    go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00053
    ApprovedInvestigational

    Alglucerase is prepared by modification of the oligosaccharide chains of human Beta-glucocerebrosidase.