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Valganciclovir

As the L-valyl ester of ganciclovir, it is actually a prodrug for ganciclovir. After oral administration, it is rapidly converted to ganciclovir by intestinal and hepatic esterases. … Valganciclovir hydrochloride (Valcyte, manufactured by Roche) is an antiviral medication used to treat cytomegalovirus infections.

Ceruletide

Caerulein is a specific decapeptide similar in action and composition to the natural gastrointestinal peptide hormone cholecystokinin. … It exerts stimulatory effects on the gastric, biliary, and pancreatic secretion, as well as on certain smooth muscles.

Allogeneic processed thymus tissue

As part of the immune system, the thymus is an organ responsible for the maturation and selection of T cells [A239814]; thus, patients without a functional thymus experience profound immunodeficiency and … Allogeneic processed thymus tissue implantation works by migrating the recipient’s bone marrow-derived stem cells to the implanted cultured thymus tissue that develops immunocompetent naïve T cells.

LetibotulinumtoxinA

The aesthetic utility of botulinum toxin was discovered incidentally following its initial use in the treatment of facial spasmodic disorders in the early 1970s. … [L42335] It was approved for use in the treatment of glabellar lines in Canada in June 2022[L42330,L42335] and in the US in March 2024.[L50291,L50296]

Tetradecyl hydrogen sulfate (ester)

Sodium tetradecyl sulfate has been widely used since the 1950s, and in 1978 the first successful report of injecting a 1% solution into spider angiomas in 144 patients was made. … Sodium tetradecyl sulfate is an anionic surface-active agent which is used for its wetting properties in the industry and is also used in medicine as a blood vessel irritant and sclerosing agent for hemorrhoids

Coagulation Factor IX Human

Factor IX (or Christmas factor) is one of the serine proteases of the coagulation system; it belongs to peptidase family S1. Deficiency of this protein causes hemophilia B.

Voclosporin

Early intervention with voclosporin coupled with a kidney response is believed to prevent irreversible damage to the kidney and lead to better long-term clinical outcomes for patients with LN. … for the treatment of adult patients with active lupus nephritis.

Dihydrotachysterol

A vitamin D that can be regarded as a reduction product of vitamin D2.

Recombinant stabilized RSV A prefusion F antigen

[L49560] It is the first RSV vaccine approved for use in pregnant patients to prevent RSV in infants.[L49555] … [L49555] Abrysvo was approved for the same indications in the EU in August 2023[L49565] and Canada in December 2023.

Meglumine