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Pemoline
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01230ApprovedIllicitWithdrawnIn 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) withdrew approval for pemoline. In March 2005, Abbott Laboratories (Cylert marketer) had discontinued the production of Cylert arguing economic reasons.
PW2101
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB06483ExperimentalThe drug was developed by Penwest Pharmaceuticals and in 2005 the FDA issues a Non-Approval letter due to the degree of kinetic variability of PW2101 observed among individuals. … The development of PW2101 has since been discontinued.
Nafamostat
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB12598InvestigationalThe use of nafamostat in Asian countries is approved as an anticoagulant therapy for patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy due to acute kidney injury. … It has been used in trials studying the prevention of Liver Transplantation and Postreperfusion Syndrome.
Bethanidine
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00217ApprovedA guanidinium antihypertensive agent that acts by blocking adrenergic transmission.
Suramin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB04786InvestigationalIt is used parenterally in the treatment of African trypanosomiasis and it has been used clinically with diethylcarbamazine to kill the adult Onchocerca. … (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1992, p1643) It has also been shown to have potent antineoplastic properties. Suramin is manufactured by Bayer in Germany as Germanin®.
Zilpaterol
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB11479ExperimentalVet approvedZilpaterol is typically fed to cattle in the last three to six weeks of life with a brief washout period to clear the drug from the tissues before slaughter. … Zilpaterol is a β2 adrenergic agonist sold under the trade name, Zilmax, produced by Intervet, a subsidiary of Merck & Co.
Vapreotide
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB04894InvestigationalIt was being studied for the treatment of cancer.
Oregovomab
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB04964InvestigationalOregovomab is a murine monoclonal antibody that attaches to the tumor-associated antigen CA125.
TRX1
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB05863ExperimentalTRX1 is a humanized antibody that binds to the CD4 receptor found on a subset of T cells. … TRX1 is being developed for the potential treatment of autoimmune diseases in collaboration with Genentech, Inc. TolerRx is currently conducting a Phase I clinical study of TRX1 in the United Kingdom.
Lucanthone
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB04967InvestigationalOne of the schistosomicides, it has been replaced largely by hycanthone and more recently praziquantel. (From Martindale The Extrapharmacopoeia, 30th ed., p46).