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Tavaborole
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09041ApprovedTavaborale is a novel, boron-based topical antifungal medication for the treatment of onychomycosis, a fungal infection of the nail and nail bed due to *Trichophyton rubrum* or *Trichophyton mentagrophytes … Tavaborole functions by inhibiting Leucyl-tRNA synthetase, or LeuRS, an essential fungal enzyme required for protein synthesis and for the catalysis of ATP-dependent ligation of L-leucine to tRNA(Leu).
Metreleptin
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09046ApprovedInvestigationalLipodystrophies include a range of disorders characterized by the reduction, absence, or altered distribution of adipose tissue. … Metreleptin is produced in _E. coli_ and differs from native human leptin by the addition of a methionine residue at its amino terminus.
Ceritinib
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09063ApprovedInvestigationalAbout 4% of patients with NSCLC have a chromosomal rearrangement that generates a fusion gene between EML4 (echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4) and ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase), which … Following treatment with crizotinib (a first-generation ALK inhibitor), most tumours develop drug resistance due to mutations in key "gatekeeper" residues of the enzyme.
Categories: P-glycoprotein substrates with a Narrow Therapeutic Index, Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A4 Substrates with a Narrow Therapeutic IndexCorticorelin ovine triflutate
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09067ApprovedIt provides a differential diagnosis for Cushing's disease (a pituitary source of ACTH excess) or of ectopic ACTH syndrome (an ectopic source of ACTH excess). … It is used as a diagnostic agent to evaluate the status of the pituitary-adrenal axis in the differentiation of a pituitary source from an ectopic source of excessive ACTH secretion.
Sodium oxybate
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09072ApprovedInvestigational[A18723] For safety reasons, sodium oxybate is a controlled substance only available through a restricted program in approved countries. … [L30598] It is a sodium salt of [gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid], an endogenous cerebral inhibitory neurotransmitter [A251445] and a metabolite of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA.
Idebenone
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09081ApprovedInvestigationalIdebenone is a synthetic analogue of ubiquinone (also known as Coenzyme Q10), a vital cell antioxidant and essential component of the Electron Transport Chain (ETC). … LHON is a mitochondrially inherited degeneration of retinal ganglion cells, resulting in acute central vision loss.
Categories: Compounds used in a research, industrial, or household settingPotassium alum
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09087ApprovedWithdrawnPotassium alum is considered by the FDA as a generally recognized as safe (GRAS) substance. … Potassium alum is formed by large, transparent crystals that are used in different products like food or drugs as a buffer, neutralizing or forming agent.[T60]
Products: Gingibraid W Alum Pot Sulf 0a 0.25mg/2.5cm, Gingibraid W Alum Pot Sulf 1a 0.35mg/2.5cmAncestim
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09103ApprovedWithdrawnAncestim is a non-glycosylated recombinant methionyl human stem cell factor. … It was submitted to the FDA under the status of recommendation for approval with a 10 to 1 votes.
Simoctocog alfa
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09108ApprovedIt is an antihemorrhagic agent used as a replacement therapy in individuals with Haemophilia A who lack the factor VIII in the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation system. … plasma-derived FVIII, has been deleted and replaced by a 16 amino acid linker.
Poractant alfa
go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09113ApprovedInvestigationalPoractant alfa is a pulmonary surfactant marketed as Curosurf in the United States and Canada. … Poractant alfa is a creamy white suspension of this extract in 0.9% sodium chloride solution. It contains no preservatives.