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Rozanolixizumab

[L47122] It was granted orphan drug designation by the FDA in 2019, by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in April 2020, and by the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) in November … [A260177] It is investigated for use in autoimmune and alloimmune diseases with pathologic IgG, particularly generalized myasthenia gravis.

Andexanet alfa

Andexanet alfa is a recombinant human coagulation Factor Xa that promotes blood coagulation. It was developed by Portola Pharmaceuticals and was approved in in May 2018. … It is marketed as Andexxa for intravenous injection or infusion and is indicated for the reversal of anticoagulation in combination with [rivaroxaban] and [apixaban] in cases of life-threatening or uncontrolled

Vilobelimab

[L45839] In April 2023, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for vilobelimab for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults requiring mechanical ventilation or artificial life support … The drug is not yet fully approved for this condition.[L45849]

Human cord blood hematopoietic progenitor cell

After 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. … Hemacord is marketed in the U.S. as an allogeneic cord blood hematopoietic progenitor cell therapy for intravenous use.

Guanethidine

It is believed to act mainly by preventing the release of norepinephrine at nerve endings and causes depletion of norepinephrine in peripheral sympathetic nerve terminals as well as in tissues. … An antihypertensive agent that acts by inhibiting selectively transmission in post-ganglionic adrenergic nerves.

Riluzole

Riluzole is marketed as Rilutek by Sanofi. … A glutamate antagonist (receptors, glutamate) used as an anticonvulsant (anticonvulsants) and to prolong the survival of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Fecal microbiota

Fecal microbiota, given either as a rectal transplant or in an oral formulation of live spores, is an FDA-approved option to prevent the recurrence of _Clostridioides difficile_ infection (CDI) in patients … [A259172] REBYOTA, a live fecal microbiota suspension for rectal use, was approved by the FDA in November 2022.

Nicaraven

Equine Botulinum Neurotoxin E Immune FAB2

It is intravenously administered for the treatment of symptomatic botulism following documented or suspected exposure to botulinum neurotoxin serotypes E in adults and pediatric patients. … Equine Botulinum Neurotoxin E Immune FAB2 is composed of a mixture of immune globulin fragments purified from plasma of horses that were previously immunized with botulinum toxin serotype E.

Equine Botulinum Neurotoxin C Immune FAB2

It is intravenously administered for the treatment of symptomatic botulism following documented or suspected exposure to botulinum neurotoxin serotypes C in adults and pediatric patients. … Equine Botulinum Neurotoxin C Immune FAB2 is composed of a mixture of immune globulin fragments purified from plasma of horses that were previously immunized with botulinum toxin serotype C.