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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] …
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. …
Damoctocog alfa pegol
In recent years, various extended half-life factor VIII and factor IX preparations have been studied and gained approval. In order to extend half-lives, techniques such as fusion to protein conjugates (Fc part of IgG1 or albumin), chemical modification (PEGylation), and protein sequence modification have been utilized. Also known as, BAY94-9027,...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … In order to extend half-lives, techniques such as fusion to protein conjugates (Fc part of IgG1 or albumin ... a longer-acting Factor VIII therapy formulated with polyethylene glycol (PEG) to reduce the number of …
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 …
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
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...
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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 …
Leuprolide
Leuprolide is a synthetic 9-residue peptide analogue of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Unlike the endogenous decapeptide GnRH, leuprolide contains a single D-amino acid (D-leucyl) residue, which helps to increase its circulating half-life from three to four minutes to approximately three hours. As a GnRH mimic, leuprolide is capable of binding to...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … Prolonged activation of GnRHR results in significant downregulation of sex steroid levels, which is primarily ... downstream modulation of both gonadotropin hormone and sex steroid levels. ... Leuprolide is a synthetic 9-residue peptide analogue of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). …
Sunitinib
Sunitinib is a small-molecule multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) inhibitor. On January 26, 2006, the agent was formally approved by the US FDA for the indications of treating renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). For these purposes, sunitinib is generally available as an orally administered formulation....
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Sunitinib also inhibits KIT (CD117), the RTK that drives the majority of GISTs. ... On January 26, 2006, the agent was formally approved by the US FDA for the indications of treating renal …
Sodium aurothiomalate
Sodium aurothiomalate is a gold compound that is used for its immunosuppressive anti-rheumatic effects. Gold Sodium Thiomalate is supplied as a solution for intramuscular injection containing 50 mg of Gold Sodium Thiomalate per mL. It is most effective in active progressive rheumatoid arthritis and of little or no value in...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … of extensive deformities or in the treatment of other forms of arthritis. ... Gold Sodium Thiomalate is supplied as a solution for intramuscular injection containing 50 mg of Gold ... It is most effective in active progressive rheumatoid arthritis and of little or no value in the presence …
Galcanezumab
Galcanezumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody developed by Eli Lilly and Company against human calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Although several small-molecule CGRP receptor antagonists have been developed, humanized monoclonal antibodies like galcanezumab are specifically designed to selectively bind to CGRP entities with high potency. Given this target specificity, lack of...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … migraine and the treatment of episodic cluster headache. ... Galcanezumab was approved by the FDA in September 2018, and is indicated for the preventive treatment of ... [A33112] Given this target specificity, lack of off-target toxicity, and characteristic proteolysis profile …
Phentolamine
Phentolamine is a reversible, non-selective alpha-adrenergic blocker that induces vasodilation. While initially introduced to the market for the treatment of hypertension, this clinical use was halted due to cardiovascular and gastrointestinal adverse effects with the prolonged use of large oral doses of phentolamine.[A261781, A261786] It has several therapeutic uses, including...
Approved
Matched Description: … of phentolamine. ... prevention of norepinephrine-induced extravasation, diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, reversal of soft-tissue ... anesthesia, and treatment of pharmacologically-induced mydriasis. …
Dabrafenib
Dabrafenib mesylate (Tafinlar) is a reversible ATP-competitive kinase inhibitor and targets the MAPK pathway. It was approved on May 29, 2013, for the treatment of melanoma with V600E or V6000K mutation. It was also used for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with the same mutation. In May 2018, Tafinlar (dabrafenib),...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … It was approved on May 29, 2013, for the treatment of melanoma with V600E or V6000K mutation. …
Thyrotropin alfa
Thyrotropin alfa is a recombinant form of thyroid stimulating hormone used in performing certain tests in patients who have or have had thyroid cancer. It is also used along with a radioactive agent to destroy remaining thyroid tissue in certain patients who have had their thyroid gland removed because of...
Approved
Vet approved
Matched Description: … The alpha subunit of thyrotropin alfa, which is the effector region responsible for the stimulation of ... of 92 amino acid residues containing two N-linked glycosylation sites and a beta subunit of 112 residues ... The amino acid sequence of thyrotropin alfa is identical to that of human pituitary thyroid stimulating …
Naproxen
Naproxen is classified as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory dug (NSAID) and was initially approved for prescription use in 1976 and then for over-the-counter (OTC) use in 1994. It can effectively manage acute pain as well as pain related to rheumatic diseases, and has a well studied adverse effect profile. Given its...
Approved
Vet approved
Matched Description: … overall tolerability and effectiveness, naproxen can be considered a first line treatment for a variety of ... combination with sumatriptan to treat migraines, and in combination with esomeprazole to lower the risk of …
Bacillus calmette-guerin substrain connaught live antigen
Bacillus calmette-guerin substrain connaught live antigen is intravesically administered for the treatment and prophylaxis of carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the urinary bladder and for the prophylaxis of primary or recurrent stage Ta and/or T1 papillary tumors following transurethral resection (TUR). The solution contains live, attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis....
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Investigational
Matched Description: … carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the urinary bladder and for the prophylaxis of primary or recurrent stage ... The solution contains live, attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis. ... It is prepared from the Connaught strain of Bacillus Calmette and Guérin. …
Atoltivimab
Ebola virus (EBOV) remains an important human pathogen within the Ebolavirus genus, having been responsible for at least 17 known outbreaks with an average case fatality rate of 43.92%. Immune therapy using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is becoming an increasingly attractive therapeutic method to combat infectious diseases due to its rapid...
Approved
Matched Description: … antibodies were important for therapeutic benefit in animal models of EBOV infection. ... _ genus, having been responsible for at least 17 known outbreaks with an average case fatality rate of ... [A222078] The chief surface target of EBOV particles is the GP1,2 glycoprotein, which also …
Maftivimab
Ebola virus (EBOV) remains an important human pathogen within the Ebolavirus genus, having been responsible for at least 17 known outbreaks with an average case fatality rate of 43.92%. Immune therapy using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is becoming an increasingly attractive therapeutic method to combat infectious diseases due to its rapid...
Approved
Matched Description: … antibodies were important for therapeutic benefit in animal models of EBOV infection. ... _ genus, having been responsible for at least 17 known outbreaks with an average case fatality rate of ... [A222078] The chief surface target of EBOV particles is the GP1,2 glycoprotein, which also …
Deflazacort
Deflazacort, also known as Emflaza, is a corticosteroid prodrug used as an agent to manage Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). It is marketed by Marathon Pharmaceuticals and was approved in February 2017 by the FDA.[L6694,FDA label]
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is an inherited disorder resulting from mutations of the dystrophin gene, which...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … [L6694,FDA label]
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is an inherited disorder resulting from mutations of ... weakness and progressive breathing and cardiovascular disability, severely impacting patient quality of ... [A179449]
Deflazacort delays the onset of muscle related complications resulting from DMD[A179455] …
Polatuzumab vedotin
Polatuzumab vedotin is a CD79b-directed antibody-drug conjugate that delivers monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE), an anti-mitotic agent, to cancer cells. The drug consists of three components - a humanized immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody specific for human CD79b (polatuzumab), MMAE, and protease-cleavable linker called maleimidocaproyl-valine-citrulline-p-aminobenzyloxycarbonyl (mc-vc-PAB) that covalently attaches MMAE to...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … [L6658] The drug consists of three components - a humanized immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody …
Antithrombin III human
A plasma alpha 2 glycoprotein that accounts for the major antithrombin activity of normal plasma and also inhibits several other enzymes. It is a member of the serpin superfamily.
Approved
Matched Description: … It is a member of the serpin superfamily. ... A plasma alpha 2 glycoprotein that accounts for the major antithrombin activity of normal plasma and …
Acrivastine
Acrivastine is a triprolidine analog antihistamine indicated for the treatment of allergies and hay fever. As an H1 receptor antagonist, it functions by blocking the action of histamine at this receptor thereby preventing the symptoms associated with histamine release such as pruritis, vasodilation, hypotension, edema, bronchoconstriction, and tachycardia.
Acrivastine is...
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Matched Description: … Acrivastine is a triprolidine analog antihistamine indicated for the treatment of allergies and hay fever ... As an H1 receptor antagonist, it functions by blocking the action of histamine at this receptor thereby …
Fexinidazole
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, also colloquially referred to as sleeping sickness), caused by T. brucei gambiense and T. brucei rhodesiense, remains a moderate risk (>1/10,000 inhabitants per year in endemic areas) despite focussed control efforts. Transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly, HAT is biphasic with a first...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … Transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly, HAT is biphasic with a first (hemolymphatic) stage …
Varicella zoster vaccine (live/attenuated)
Live attenuated zoster vaccine is available as two products: Zostavax for the prevention of shingles in immunocompetent people over the age of 50, and Varivax for the prevention of chickenpox in individuals 12 months of age and older. While the two vaccines contain the same immunological components and provide protection...
Approved
Matched Description: … 12 months of age and older. ... in immunocompetent people over the age of 50, and Varivax for the prevention of chickenpox in individuals ... of varicella-zoster virus. …
Indigotindisulfonic acid
Indigotindisulfonic acid is a blue-colored dye with a variety of uses.[A32490,A32491,A32492,L2222] Its salt form, indigotindisulfonate sodium, is also known as indigo carmine, indigotine or FD&C Blue #2. This compound is an acid-base indicator and is used in the production of food colorants and pH tests. Indigotindisulfonic acid is used in...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … Indigotindisulfonic acid is a blue-colored dye with a variety of uses. ... This compound is an acid-base indicator and is used in the production of food colorants and pH tests. ... [A32490,A32491,A32492] In 2022, the FDA approved the intravenous use of indigotindisulfonate sodium to …
Aflibercept
Aflibercept is a recombinant protein composed of the binding domains of two human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors, VEGFR1 and VEGFR2, fused with the Fc region of human immunoglobulin gamma 1 (IgG1). Structurally, Aflibercept is a dimeric glycoprotein with a protein molecular weight of 96.9 kilo Daltons (kDa). It...
Approved
Matched Description: … Aflibercept is a recombinant protein composed of the binding domains of two human vascular endothelial ... retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants in February 2023 and for the treatment of wet age-related ... growth factor (VEGF) receptors, VEGFR1 and VEGFR2, fused with the Fc region of human immunoglobulin …
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