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Chlorzoxazone

A centrally acting central muscle relaxant with sedative properties. … It is claimed to inhibit muscle spasm by exerting an effect primarily at the level of the spinal cord and subcortical areas of the brain. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoea, 30th ed, p1202)

Chlorphenesin

Amrubicin

Amrubicin is a third-generation synthetic anthracycline currently in development for the treatment of small cell lung cancer. Pharmion licensed the rights to Amrubicin in November 2006. … Since January 2005, Amrubicin has been marketed by Nippon Kayaku, a Japanese pharmaceutical firm focused on oncology, which licensed Japanese marketing rights from Dainippon Sumitomo, the original developer

Albinterferon Alfa-2B

The drug was under investigation as an alternative to pegylated IFN-α-2a for the treatment of hepatitis C. … In response to an FDA ruling, Novartis and Human Genome Sciences announced on October 5, 2010 that they ceased development of the drug.

CZEN 002

It appears that CZEN-002 works on a receptor in yeast that has yet to be identified. … A second focus was on the sequence Lys-Pro-Val (11-13) that is known to be important for antimicrobial activity.

Verteporfin

It is used as a photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy to eliminate abnormal blood vessels in wet form macular degeneration. … Verteporfin accumulates in these abnormal blood vessels and, when stimulated by nonthermal red light with a wavelength of 693 nm in the presence of oxygen, produces highly reactive short-lived singlet

Leptin

Although leptin is a circulating signal that reduces appetite, in general, obese people have an unusually high circulating concentration of leptin. … Thus, obesity develops when people take in more energy than they use over a prolonged period of time, and this excess food intake is not driven by hunger signals, occurring in spite of the anti-appetite

Dexchlorpheniramine maleate

Dexchlorpheniramine is the S-enantiomer of chlorpheniramine which is a 1st generation anti-histamine.

Laropiprant

Laropiprant is an ingredient in the EMA-withdrawn product Pelzont.

Ticarcillin

An antibiotic derived from penicillin similar to carbenicillin in action.