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Porfimer sodium
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00707ApprovedInvestigationalIt is the first drug to be approved in the use of photodynamic therapy in the United States. … It is used in photodynamic therapy (hematoporphyrin photoradiation); to treat malignant lesions with visible light and experimentally as an antiviral agent.
Categories: Sensitizers Used in Photodynamic/radiation TherapyLevallorphan
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00504Approved(From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p683) … An opioid antagonist with properties similar to those of naloxone; in addition it also possesses some agonist properties.
Agalsidase beta
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00103ApprovedInvestigational[A220343] Agalsidase beta was granted FDA approval on 24 April 2003.[L16383] … [A220228,A220233] Use of agalsidase beta has decreased in Europe, in favor of agalsidase alfa, after a contamination event in 2009.
Urea
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB03904ApprovedInvestigationalIt is the principal end product of protein catabolism and constitutes about one half of the total urinary solids. … A compound formed in the liver from ammonia produced by the deamination of amino acids.
Mixtures: HYDROCORTISONE 1% ET UREA 5% CREAMNarsoplimab
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB16418ApprovedInvestigational[A241045, A241050] Approved by the FDA on December 24, 2025, narsoplimab-wuug is indicated for the treatment of hematopoietic stem cell transplant–associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) in adults … [A241030] Evidence increasingly points to a role for the complement system in TMA.
Synonyms: IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4-LAMBDA, ANTI-(HOMO SAPIENS MANNAN-BINDING LECTIN SERINE PROTEASE 2 (MANNOSE-BINDING PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEASE 2, EC=3.4.21.104) HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY .GAMMA.4 HEAVY CHAINHypothiocyanite ion
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB15309InvestigationalHypothiocyanite ion is under investigation in clinical trial NCT02598999 (Dose Escalation Study of ALX-009 in Healthy Men and Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and Non-CF Bronchiectasis Patients).
Synonyms: Hypothiocyanite ionDoripenem
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06211ApprovedWithdrawnIn a clinical trial of doripenem treatment in ventilator associated pneumonia (vs. imipenem and cilastatin), it was found that doripenem carried an increased risk of death and lower clinical cure rates … , resulting in a premature termination of the trial.
Fidaxomicin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB08874ApprovedInvestigational[A190492] Unlike vancomycin, however, fidaxomicin has a negligible effect on normal colonic microflora. … [A7445] It mediates its potent bactericidal action on the bacteria by inhibiting the bacterial RNA synthase, thereby disrupting bacterial transcription.
Aminoglutethimide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00357ApprovedWithdrawn(From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p454) … Aminoglutethimide has been used in the treatment of advanced breast and prostate cancer. It was formerly used for its weak anticonvulsant properties.
Faricimab
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB15303ApprovedInvestigational[L43085] On April 9, 2026, the FDA approved an updated label that extended faricimab treatment for macular edema following retinal vein occlusion (RVO) beyond six months.[L40026] … [A225985, A225990, A225995, A226000, A226005, A226010] Faricimab was approved by the FDA on January 28, 2022, and is currently marketed under the trademark VABYSMO by Genentech, Inc.