Displaying drugs 551 - 575 of 1554 in total
Gemfibrozil
Gemfibrozil is a fibric acid agent, similar to clofibrate, used to treat Type IIb, IV, and V hyperlipidemias.[A185777,L8525] Gemfibrozil is not a first line treatment and is prescribed to patients who have not responded adequately to weight loss, diet, exercise, and other medications. Gemfibrozil was granted FDA approval on 21...
Approved
Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3 capsular polysaccharide diphtheria CRM197 protein conjugate antigen
Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3 capsular polysaccharide diphtheria CRM197 protein conjugate antigen is a sterile vaccine that contains saccharides of the capsular antigens of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 individually conjugated to the CRM197 protein, a nontoxic variant of diphtheria toxin isolated from cultures of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain C7 (β197). The saccharides...
Approved
Matched Description: … purified polysaccharides that are chemically activated then conjugated to the protein carrier CRM197 to form …
Streptococcus pneumoniae type 7F capsular polysaccharide diphtheria CRM197 protein conjugate antigen
Streptococcus pneumoniae type 7F capsular polysaccharide diphtheria CRM197 protein conjugate antigen is a sterile vaccine that contains saccharides of the capsular antigens of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 7F individually conjugated to the CRM197 protein, a nontoxic variant of diphtheria toxin isolated from cultures of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain C7 (β197). The saccharides...
Approved
Matched Description: … purified polysaccharides that are chemically activated then conjugated to the protein carrier CRM197 to form …
Streptococcus pneumoniae type 19A capsular polysaccharide diphtheria CRM197 protein conjugate antigen
Streptococcus pneumoniae type 19a capsular polysaccharide diphtheria CRM197 protein conjugate antigen is a sterile vaccine that contains saccharides of the capsular antigens of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A individually conjugated to the CRM197 protein, a nontoxic variant of diphtheria toxin isolated from cultures of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain C7 (β197). The saccharides...
Approved
Matched Description: … purified polysaccharides that are chemically activated then conjugated to the protein carrier CRM197 to form …
Streptococcus pneumoniae type 8 capsular polysaccharide diphtheria CRM197 protein conjugate antigen
Streptococcus pneumoniae type 8 capsular polysaccharide diphtheria CRM197 protein conjugate antigen is a sterile vaccine that contains saccharides of the capsular antigens of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 8 individually conjugated to the CRM197 protein, a nontoxic variant of diphtheria toxin isolated from cultures of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain C7 (β197). The saccharides...
Approved
Matched Description: … purified polysaccharides that are chemically activated then conjugated to the protein carrier CRM197 to form …
Lutein
Lutein is an xanthophyll and one of 600 known naturally occurring carotenoids. Lutein is synthesized only by plants and like other xanthophylls is found in high quantities in green leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale and yellow carrots. In green plants, xanthophylls act to modulate light energy and serve as...
Approved
Investigational
Nutraceutical
Matched Description: … energy and serve as non-photochemical quenching agents to deal with triplet chlorophyll (an excited form …
Afatinib
Afatinib is a 4-anilinoquinazoline tyrosine kinase inhibitor in the form of a dimaleate salt available as Boehringer Ingelheim's brand name Gilotrif [FDA Label]. For oral use, afatinib tablets are a first-line (initial) treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with common epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations...
Approved
Matched Description: … Afatinib is a 4-anilinoquinazoline tyrosine kinase inhibitor in the form of a dimaleate salt available …
Ozanimod
Ozanimod is a once-daily sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator for the treatment of relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and inflammatory bowel disease. It was developed by Celgene (now acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb) and was approved by the FDA on March 26, 2020.[L12573,L12582] The US approval was followed by the approval in Canada...
Approved
Investigational
Brinzolamide
Brinzolamide is a highly specific, non-competitive, reversible carbonic anhydrase II (CA-II) inhibitor indicated to reduce ocular pressure in patients with ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma. Although the exact pathophysiology of glaucoma is still unknown, one of the main hallmarks of this disease is vascular dysregulation and abnormalities.[A2049,A2051] The resulting vascular...
Approved
Emedastine
Emedastine is an antihistamine used in eye drops to treat allergic conjunctivitis.
Approved
Peginesatide
Peginesatide is a synthetic peptide attached to polyethylene glycol for the treatment of anemia. The polyethylene glycol moiety helps make the drug less immunogenic and prolongs its plasma half-life. Chemically, peginesatide is designed to mimic the pharmacological activity of erythropoietin, but is not a replica of the structure itself. Peginesatide...
Approved
Investigational
Warfarin
Warfarin is an anticoagulant drug normally used to prevent blood clot formation as well as migration. Although originally marketed as a pesticide (d-Con, Rodex, among others), Warfarin has since become the most frequently prescribed oral anticoagulant in North America. Warfarin has several properties that should be noted when used medicinally,...
Approved
Mecasermin
Mecasermin contains recombinant-DNA-engineered human insulin-like growth factor-1 (rhIGF-1)[FDA Label]. IGF-1 consists of 70 amino acids in a single chain with three intramolecular disulfide bridges and a molecular weight of 7649 daltons. The amino acid sequence of the product is identical to that of endogenous human IGF-1. The rhIGF-1 protein is...
Approved
Investigational
Dabigatran etexilate
Dabigatran etexilate is an oral prodrug that is hydrolyzed to the competitive and reversible direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran.[A177463, A6970, L34675, L34680] Dabigatran etexilate may be used to decrease the risk of venous thromboembolic events in patients in whom anticoagulation therapy is indicated. In contrast to warfarin, because its anticoagulant effects...
Approved
Tauroursodeoxycholic acid
Tauroursodeoxycholic acid, also known as ursodoxicoltaurine, is a highly hydrophilic tertiary bile acid that is produced in humans at a low concentration. It is a taurine conjugate of ursodeoxycholic acid with comparable therapeutic efficacy and safety, but a much higher hydrophilicity. Normally, hydrophilic bile acids regulates hydrophobic bile acids and...
Approved
Investigational
Umbralisib
Marginal zone lymphoma is a rare, slowly progressing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma initially treated with rituximab (an anti-CD20 drug), either alone or in combination with chemotherapy. Unfortunately, many patients experience a relapse or develop resistance to these drugs. Treatment options then become limited, and alternate treatments for the lymphoma are...
Approved
Investigational
Withdrawn
Influenza B virus B/Brisbane/60/2008 antigen (formaldehyde inactivated)
A seasonally-specific component of the influenza vaccine. The influenza vaccine, also known as the "flu shot", is a vaccine that protects against infection from the influenza viruses. Vaccines provide protection from influenza by exposing the immune system to the virus (or parts of the virus) which stimulates an immunological defence...
Approved
Influenza B virus B/Washington/02/2019 antigen (formaldehyde inactivated)
A seasonally-specific component of the influenza vaccine. The influenza vaccine, also known as the "flu shot", is a vaccine that protects against infection from the influenza viruses. Vaccines provide protection from influenza by exposing the immune system to the virus (or parts of the virus) which stimulates an immunological defence...
Approved
Tizanidine
Tizanidine is a fast-acting drug used for the management of muscle spasm, which may result from the effects of multiple sclerosis, stroke, an acquired brain injury, or a spinal cord injury . It may also be caused by musculoskeletal injury . Regardless of the cause, muscle spasticity can be an...
Approved
Investigational
Tibolone
Tibolone is a synthetic steroid hormone drug, which is mainly non-selective in its binding profile, acting as an agonist primarily at estrogen receptors (ER), with a preference for ER alpha .
Tibolone (Livial, Org OD 14), produced by Organon (West Orange, NJ), is a synthetic steroid that possesses estrogenic, androgenic...
Approved
Investigational
Reserpine
An alkaloid found in the roots of Rauwolfia serpentina and R. vomitoria. Reserpine inhibits the uptake of norepinephrine into storage vesicles resulting in depletion of catecholamines and serotonin from central and peripheral axon terminals. It has been used as an antihypertensive and an antipsychotic as well as a research tool,...
Approved
Investigational
Withdrawn
Matched Description: … The FDA withdrew its approval for the use of all oral dosage form drug products containing more than …
Pirfenidone
Pirfenidone is a synthetic pyridone drug. It is an antifibrotic agent with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that is used to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), which is a chronic, progressive form of interstitial pneumonia. While its mechanism of action is not yet fully understood, pirfenidone is proposed to primarily regulate...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … that is used to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF),[L26801] which is a chronic, progressive form …
Atosiban
Atosiban is an inhibitor of the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin. It is used intravenously to halt premature labor. Although initial studies suggested it could be used as a nasal spray and hence would not require hospital admission, it is not used in that form. Atobisan was developed by the Swedish...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … could be used as a nasal spray and hence would not require hospital admission, it is not used in that form …
Sodium sulfate
Sodium Sulfate Anhydrous is the anhydrous, sodium salt form of sulfuric acid. Sodium sulfate anhydrous disassociates in water to provide sodium ions and sulfate ions. Sodium ion is the principal cation of the extracellular fluid and plays a large part in the therapy of fluid and electrolyte disturbances. Sodium sulfate...
Approved
Vet approved
Matched Description: … Sodium Sulfate Anhydrous is the anhydrous, sodium salt form of sulfuric acid. …
Pectin
Pectin is a heteropolysaccharide commercially derived from the cell wall of higher plants. It is composed of partially methylated polygalacturonic acid units linked in the positions 1-4. The carboxylic group of the constituents of pectin can exist in the form of esters, free acids, ammonium, potassium or sodium salts or...
Approved
Investigational
Vet approved
Matched Description: … [L1961] The carboxylic group of the constituents of pectin can exist in the form of esters, free acids …
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