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Imetelstat

[A187838] Imetelstat received FDA approval in June 2024 for use in certain patients with MDS who have transfusion-dependent anemia and are unable to use ESAs.[L50883,L50888] … Imetelstat is a first-in-class 18-amino acid oligonucleotide that directly and competitively inhibits human telomerase.

Buthionine sulfoximine

Buthionine sulfoximine has been used in trials studying the treatment of Neuroblastoma and Melanoma (Skin).

Bezlotoxumab

[A260106] The drug was granted full approval by the EMA on January 18, 2017.[L47191] … [L46976] First approved by the FDA on October 21, 2016,[A260106] bezlotoxumab is used to reduce the recurrence of _C. difficile_ infection.

Methamidophos

Leukemia in First Remission). … Methamidophos is under investigation in clinical trial NCT03223753 (Web-Based Physical Activity Intervention in Improving Long Term Health in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic

Dimethyl sulfone

Chikungunya vaccine (live, attenuated)

[A262051] Prior to 2013, chikungunya virus cases and outbreaks had been identified in countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Indian and Pacific Oceans. … Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a member of the Alphavirus genus that was first identified in Tanzania in 1952.[A262051] It is spread primarily by the bite of infected mosquitos of the _Aedes_ genus.

Ponatinib

FDA approved on December 14, 2012.

Tildrakizumab

Tildrakizumab is a high-affinity, humanized, IgG1 κ antibody targeting interleukin 23 p19 that shows promise in the evolution of treatment strategy in chronic plaque psoriasis [A32255]. … A study was performed on the pharmacokinetics of this drug on various ethnicities. The pharmacokinetics of tildrakizumab were similar in Japanese, Caucasian, and Chinese subjects [A32257].

Ethionamide

A second-line antitubercular agent that inhibits mycolic acid synthesis. It also may be used for treatment of leprosy. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1992, p868)

Ferumoxsil