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Piperaquine

Piperaquine is an antimalarial agent first synthesized in the 1960's and used throughout China [A31550]. … Eurartesim was first authorized for market by the European Medicines Agency in October 2011.

Chloramphenicol

An antibiotic first isolated from cultures of _Streptomyces venezuelae_ in 1947 but now produced synthetically. … (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 29th ed, p106) The FDA has withdrawn all oral drug products containing chloramphenicol, due to the high risk of fatal aplastic anemia associated with this

Technetium Tc-99m etidronate

Cefroxadine

It was used in Italy but has since been withdrawn. … Cefroxadine is an orally available cephalosporin antibiotic. As part of its drug class, it shares structural properties to [cefalexin] as well as its activity spectrum.

Bitolterol

Bitolterol mesylate was used to treat bronchospasms in asthma and COPD. It is a beta-2-adrenergic receptor agonist. Bitolterol was withdrawn from the market by Elan Pharmaceuticals in 2001.

IGN301

IGN301 is a cancer vaccine based on an anti-idiotypic antibody which provokes an immune response to Lewis Y. … Lewis Y is a carbohydrate molecule expressed on the surface of tumor cells of epithelial origin (e.g. lung, intestinal, breast, prostate or ovarian cancers).

Amifampridine

It was first discovered in Scotland in the 1970s and its clinical effectiveness for neuromuscular disorders, including Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS), has been investigated in the 1980s [L3171 … It was demonstrated in clinical studies involving healthy volunteers that the pharmacokinetics and systemic exposure to amifampridine is affected by the genetic differences in N-acetyl-transferase (NAT

Pimecrolimus

Pimecrolimus is an immunomodulating agent that was first marketed by Novartis under the trade name Elidel. It is now promoted in Canada by Galderma since early 2007. … It is currently available as a topic cream used in the treatment of atopic dermatitis (eczema).

Altretamine

An alkylating agent proposed as an antineoplastic. It also acts as a chemosterilant for male houseflies and other insects.

Sulfadimethoxine

It is most frequently used in veterinary medicine, although it is approved in some countries for use in humans. … It is widely available in Russia as an over-the-counter drug manufactured by a number of Russian pharmaceutical companies.