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Ethylhexyl methoxycrylene
Ethylhexyl methoxycrylene is a photostabilizer that preserves the effectiveness of UV filters by interacting with both the singlet and triplet states . It returns UV filters to their ground states without absorbing sunlight . It is used as a solvent for crystalline UV filters and is easily emulsified and suitable...
Approved
Experimental
Matched Description: … Ethylhexyl methoxycrylene is a photostabilizer that preserves the effectiveness of UV filters by interacting …
Emicizumab
Emicizumab is a humanized recombinant monoclonal antibody that mimics the function of the coagulation Factor VIII and it has the capacity to bind simultaneously to activated Factor IX and Factor X. The ability of Emicizumab to bind to all these three different factors allows it to overcome immunogenicity and unstable...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Emicizumab is a humanized recombinant monoclonal antibody that mimics the function of the coagulation ... Emicizumab was originated as an improved form of hBS23 and it was approved on November 16, 2017. ... The ability of Emicizumab to bind to all these three different factors allows it to overcome immunogenicity …
Dostarlimab
Dostarlimab is an IgG4 humanized monoclonal antibody targeted against the human programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1). PD-1 receptors are found on T-cells and, when activated, serve to inhibit immune responses - some cancers leverage this system by overexpressing PD-1 ligands, thereby effectively inhibiting the anti-tumor immune response that would typically attempt...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … cancers, including those of the skin, lung, kidneys, and liver. ... [L45161] Dostarlimab-gxly was granted second accelerated approval for the treatment of solid tumours ... accelerated approval by the FDA - as GlaxoSmithKline's dostarlimab-gxly (Jemperli) - for the treatment of …
Hydrocortisone
Hydrocortisone, or cortisol, is a glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. Hydrocortisone is used to treat immune, inflammatory, and neoplastic conditions.[L10529,L10532,L10535,L10538,L7772,L7321] It was discovered in the 1930s by Edward Kendall and named Compound F, or 17-hydroxycorticosterone. Hydrocortisone was granted FDA approval on 5 August 1952.
Approved
Vet approved
Matched Categories: … Agents for Treatment of Hemorrhoids and Anal Fissures for Topical Use …
Rifaximin
Rifaximin is a semisynthetic, rifamycin-based non-systemic antibiotic, meaning that the drug will not pass the gastrointestinal wall into the circulation as is common for other types of orally administered antibiotics. It has multiple indications and is used in treatment of traveller's diarrhea caused by E. coli; reduction in risk of...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … the drug will not pass the gastrointestinal wall into the circulation as is common for other types of ... in risk of overt hepatic encephalopathy recurrence; as well as diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel ... It has multiple indications and is used in treatment of traveller's diarrhea caused by E. coli; reduction …
Trolamine salicylate
Trolamine salicylate is an organic compound or a salt formed between triethanolamine and salicylic acid. Triethanolamine neutralizes the acidity of the salicylic acid. It is a topical analgesic used for temporary relief of minor pain associated with arthritis, simple backache, muscle strains, sprains, and bruises. Unlike other topical analgesics, trolamine...
Approved
Matched Description: … Triethanolamine neutralizes the acidity of the salicylic acid. ... As with other salicylates, trolamine salicylate is an inhibitor of cyclo-oxygenase (COX) enzymes with ... It is a topical analgesic used for temporary relief of minor pain associated with arthritis, simple backache …
Profenamine
Profenamine (also known as ethopropazine) is a medication derived from phenothiazine. It is primarily used as an antidyskinetic to treat Parkinsonism. It is sold under the trade name Parsitan in Canada. In the US, the marketing of profenamine has been discontinued.
Approved
Matched Description: … [L46812] In the US, the marketing of profenamine has been discontinued.[L46817] …
Flurandrenolide
A corticosteroid used topically in the treatment of various skin disorders. It is usually employed as a cream or an ointment, and is also used as a polyethylene tape with an adhesive. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p733)
Approved
Matched Description: … A corticosteroid used topically in the treatment of various skin disorders. …
Vericiguat
Vericiguat is a direct stimulator of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) used in the management of systolic heart failure to reduce mortality and hospitalizations. A key component of the NO-sGC-cGMP signaling pathway that helps to regulate the cardiovascular system, sGC enzymes are intracellular enzymes found in vascular smooth muscle cells (amongst...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Vericiguat is a direct stimulator of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) used in the management of systolic ... [L31153] A key component of the NO-sGC-cGMP signaling pathway that helps to regulate the cardiovascular ... enzymes found in vascular smooth muscle cells (amongst other cell types) that catalyze the synthesis of …
Chikungunya vaccine (live, attenuated)
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a member of the Alphavirus genus that was first identified in Tanzania in 1952. It is spread primarily by the bite of infected mosquitos of the Aedes genus. Infection with CHIKV causes chikungunya fever, an illness characterized by acute fever and severe, persistent arthralgia. Prior to...
Approved
Matched Description: … [A262051] It is spread primarily by the bite of infected mosquitos of the _Aedes_ genus. ... [L48726] It is approved for use in patients 18 years of age and older who are at high-risk of exposure ... Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a member of the Alphavirus genus that was first identified in Tanzania in …
Doxacurium
Doxacurium chloride is a long-acting, nondepolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant for intravenous administration.
Approved
Deferasirox
Deferasirox is an iron chelator and the first oral medication FDA approved for chronic iron overload in patients receiving long term blood transfusions.
Approved
Investigational
Nintedanib
Nintedanib is a small molecule kinase inhibitor used in the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis, systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease, and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).[L8453,L8459] It was first approved for use in the United States in 2014. Within the spectrum of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treatment options, nintedanib is currently one...
Approved
Matched Description: … Nintedanib is a small molecule kinase inhibitor used in the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis, systemic ... [L8453] Within the spectrum of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treatment options, nintedanib is currently ... one of only two disease-modifying therapies available and indicated for the condition (the other being …
Drometrizole trisiloxane
Drometrizole trisiloxane is a photostable UVA and UVB light filter [A33069, L2780, L2781, L2782, L2783, F81]. The compound is a lipophilic benzotriazole derivative marketed as Meroxyl XL by L'Oreal, although sunscreens with drometrizole trisiloxane are currently only approved for use in the EU, Canada, Australia, and Japan, among other countries....
Approved
Matched Description: … Despite being used elsewhere in the world with relatively few reports of adverse reactions, the FDA continues …
Famciclovir
Famciclovir, marketed as Famvir by Novartis, is a guanine analogue used to treat herpes virus infections. It is most commonly used to treat herpes zoster (shingles). Famciclovir is a prodrug of penciclovir with higher oral bioavailability.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Famciclovir is a prodrug of penciclovir with higher oral bioavailability. …
Turoctocog alfa pegol
Turoctocog alfa pegol is a pegylated version of turoctocog alfa. Novo Nordisk's brand name Esperoct (turoctocog alfa pegol, N8-GP) was approved by the US FDA on February 19, 2019.
Fundamentally, the N8-GP moiety is identical to turoctocog alfa, a recombinant human clotting factor VIII (rFVIII) with a truncated B-domain made...
Approved
Matched Description: … Turoctocog alfa pegol is a pegylated version of [turoctocog alfa]. ... During secretion, some rFVIII molecules are cleaved at the C-terminal of the heavy chain (HC) at amino ... from the sequence coding for 10 amino acids from the N-terminus and 11 amino acids from the C-terminus of …
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. The first aesthetic use of botulinum toxin was reported in 1989, when onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox) was used as a treatment for facial asymmetry resulting from iatrogenic facial...
Approved
Matched Description: … treatment of facial spasmodic disorders in the early 1970s. ... The aesthetic utility of botulinum toxin was discovered incidentally following its initial use in the ... [A249920] The first aesthetic use of botulinum toxin was reported in 1989, when [onabotulinumtoxinA] …
Chloroquine
Chloroquine is an aminoquinolone derivative first developed in the 1940s for the treatment of malaria. It was the drug of choice to treat malaria until the development of newer antimalarials such as pyrimethamine, artemisinin, and mefloquine. Chloroquine and its derivative hydroxychloroquine have since been repurposed for the treatment of a...
Approved
Investigational
Vet approved
Matched Description: … [A191655] It was the drug of choice to treat malaria until the development of newer antimalarials such ... Chloroquine is an aminoquinolone derivative first developed in the 1940s for the treatment of malaria ... a number of other conditions including HIV, systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis. …
Nicergoline
An ergot derivative that has been used as a cerebral vasodilator and in peripheral vascular disease. It has been suggested to ameliorate cognitive deficits in cerebrovascular disease.
Approved
Investigational
Dasatinib
Dasatinib is an orally available multikinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)-positive leukemias.[A2224,L45171] Ph is a chromosomal abnormality found in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), where the ABL tyrosine kinase and the breakpoint cluster region (BCR) gene transcribe the chimeric protein...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … pathogenesis of CML and 15-30% of ALL cases. ... Since dasatinib does not interact with some of the residues involved in those mutations, the use of this ... [A2226] The use of dasatinib was first approved by the FDA in 2006.[L45171,L45186] …
Fosaprepitant
Fosaprepitant is an intravenously administered antiemetic drug. It is a prodrug of Aprepitant. It aids in the prevention of acute and delayed nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy treatment.
Approved
Matched Description: … It is a prodrug of Aprepitant. ... It aids in the prevention of acute and delayed nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy treatment …
Conestat alfa
C1 Esterase Inhibitor (Recombinant) is a recombinant analogue of endogenous complement component-1 esterase inhibitor (rhC1INH), purified from the milk of transgenic rabbits. The primary function of endogenous C1INH is to regulate the activation of the complement and contact system pathways. It does this through inhibition of several target proteases within...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Intravenous replacement of C1 esterase inhibitor results in reversal of acute symptoms of HAE. ... of bradykinin. ... The primary function of endogenous C1INH is to regulate the activation of the complement and contact …
Human thrombin
Human thrombin is a sterile solution, pH 6.8-7.2, containing highly purified human thrombin for the activation of clotting. Thrombin is a highly specific serine protease encoded by the F2 gene that transforms soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin. This transformation mimics the final coagulation cascade step which involves the clotting mass...
Approved
Matched Description: … thrombin is a sterile solution, pH 6.8-7.2, containing highly purified human thrombin for the activation of ... which involves the clotting mass that adheres to the wound surface and achieves hemostasis and sealing of ... Furthermore, human thrombin is manufactured by chromatographic purification of prothrombin from cryo-poor …
Oprelvekin
Oprelvekin, the active ingredient in Neumega®, is recombinant Interleukin-11 (IL-11), which is produced in Escherichia coli (E. coli) by recombinant DNA technology. With a molecular mass of approximately 19,000 daltons, the non-glycosylated protein is 177 amino acids in length in comparison to the natural IL-11, which is 178 amino acid...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … With a molecular mass of approximately 19,000 daltons, the non-glycosylated protein is 177 amino acids ... In mice and nonhuman primate studies of animals with moderate and severe myelosuppression, in addition ... animal studies, oprelvekin was also shown to regulate intestinal epithelium growth by enhancing healing of …
Chlordiazepoxide
An anxiolytic benzodiazepine derivative with anticonvulsant, sedative, and amnesic properties. It has also been used in the symptomatic treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
Approved
Illicit
Investigational
Matched Description: … It has also been used in the symptomatic treatment of alcohol withdrawal. …
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