Displaying drugs 726 - 750 of 8178 in total
Acebutolol
A cardioselective beta-adrenergic antagonist with little effect on the bronchial receptors. The drug has stabilizing and quinidine-like effects on cardiac rhythm as well as weak inherent sympathomimetic action.
Approved
Investigational
Fruquintinib
Fruquintinib is a novel small-molecule anti-VEGFR that targets VEGFR-1,-2, and -3 to inhibit angiogenesis. Tumor angiogenesis is one of the most critical biological processes for increasing oxygen and nutrient supply to cancer cells, and the VEGF/VEGFR pathway is one of the most critical pathways for this phenomenon.[A262102,A262107] Indeed, oncogenic activation,...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Therefore, the advent of fruquintinib, a new generation of VEGFR inhibitors with a high kinome selectivity ... , demonstrated the feasibility of the small-molecule inhibitor approach. ... Tumor angiogenesis is one of the most critical biological processes for increasing oxygen and nutrient …
Remimazolam
Remimazolam is an ultra short-acting benzodiazepine used in the induction and maintenance of sedation during short (<30 minute) procedures. Recent trends in anesthesia-related drug development have touted the benefits of so-called "soft drugs" - these agents, such as remifentanil, are designed to be metabolically fragile and thus susceptible to rapid...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Remimazolam is an ultra short-acting benzodiazepine used in the induction and maintenance of sedation ... [L14647] Recent trends in anesthesia-related drug development have touted the benefits of so-called " ... [A214857] These "soft drugs" are useful in the context of surgical procedures, wherein a rapid onset/ …
Amlexanox
Amlexanox is an antiallergic drug, clinically effective for atopic diseases, especially allergic asthma and rhinitis. Amlexanox as a topical paste is a well tolerated treatment of recurrent aphthous ulcers. Recurrent aphthous ulcer (RAU) is the most prevalent oral mucosal disease in humans, estimated to affect between 5% and 50% of...
Approved
Investigational
Withdrawn
Matched Description: … Amlexanox as a topical paste is a well tolerated treatment of recurrent aphthous ulcers. ... (RAU) is the most prevalent oral mucosal disease in humans, estimated to affect between 5% and 50% of …
Glycerol phenylbutyrate
Glycerol phenylbutyrate is a nitrogen-binding agent. Chemically, it is a triglyceride in which three molecules of phenylbutyrate are linked to a glycerol backbone. FDA approved on February 1, 2013.
Approved
Matched Description: … Chemically, it is a triglyceride in which three molecules of phenylbutyrate are linked to a glycerol …
Pomalidomide
Pomalidomide, an analogue of thalidomide, is an immunomodulatory antineoplastic agent. FDA approved on February 8, 2013.
Approved
Matched Description: … Pomalidomide, an analogue of thalidomide, is an immunomodulatory antineoplastic agent. …
Recombinant stabilized RSV B prefusion F antigen
Recombinant stabilized RSV B prefusion F antigen is one component of a bivalent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine called Abrysvo. The vaccine comprises two antigens - the other being recombinant stabilized RSV A prefusion F antigen - which have been expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cell lines and then purified...
Approved
Matched Description: … through six months of age. ... Recombinant stabilized RSV B prefusion F antigen is one component of a bivalent respiratory syncytial ... [L48066]
Abrysvo was first approved by the FDA in May 2023 for use in patients ≥60 years of age, and …
Methyl aminolevulinate
Methyl aminolevulinate is a prodrug that is metabolised to Protoporphyrin IX (a photosensitizer) used in photodynamic therapy.
Approved
Investigational
Glutethimide
Glutethimide is a hypnotic and sedative. Its use has been largely superseded by other drugs.
Approved
Illicit
Erythrityl tetranitrate
A vasodilator with general properties similar to nitroglycerin. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1020)
Approved
Experimental
Investigational
Tetradecyl hydrogen sulfate (ester)
Sodium tetradecyl sulfate is an anionic surface-active agent which is used for its wetting properties in the industry and is also used in medicine as a blood vessel irritant and sclerosing agent for hemorrhoids and varicose veins .
Sodium tetradecyl sulfate has been widely used since the 1950s, and in...
Approved
Matched Description: … Also noted was an unspecified number of episodes of epidermal necrosis without significant long-term ... effects and a 30% incidence of post-sclerosis pigmentation that resolved within a few months [L2035]. ... Sodium tetradecyl sulfate has been widely used since the 1950s, and in 1978 the first successful report of …
Tovorafenib
Tovorafenib is a selective type II RAF kinase inhibitor with anti-tumour activity. It was granted accelerated approval by the FDA, making it the first FDA approval of a systemic therapy for the treatment of pediatric low-grade glioma, with BRAF rearrangements. BRAF oncogenic mutations in cancers drive dysregulated cell growth, proliferation,...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … therapy for the treatment of pediatric low-grade glioma, with BRAF rearrangements. ... [A263597] It was granted accelerated approval by the FDA, making it the first FDA approval of a systemic …
Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta
Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta is a chemically synthesised Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agent (ESA) with a longer half-life than erythropoietin. ESA is used to increase synthesis of red blood cells to treat chronic kidney disease associated anemia.
Approved
Matched Description: … ESA is used to increase synthesis of red blood cells to treat chronic kidney disease associated anemia …
Famtozinameran
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is a variant of concern that was first reported in November 2021. It tends to cause less severe disease but is significantly more virulent than both the original virus and earlier variants (e.g. Delta). As of November 2022, it is the primary circulating variant of...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is a variant of concern that was first reported in November 2021. ... [L43917] As of November 2022, it is the primary circulating variant of concern according to the World ... [L43917]
Famtozinameran is an mRNA vaccine encoding the S glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant …
Axitinib
Axitinib is a second generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor that works by selectively inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3). Through this mechanism of action, axitinib blocks angiogenesis, tumour growth and metastases. It is reported to exhibit potency that is 50-450 times higher than that of the first generation...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … [L6676] Through this mechanism of action, axitinib blocks angiogenesis, tumour growth and metastases. ... It is reported to exhibit potency that is 50-450 times higher than that of the first generation VEGFR …
Tetryzoline
Tetryzoline, also known as tetrahydrozoline, is a derivative of imidazoline with central and peripheral alpha (α)-adrenergic properties. Available since the 1950s, tetryzoline is a selective α1-receptor agonist that is used as an ocular and nasal decongestant. Tetryzoline is found in a wide array of over-the-counter eye drops, including the most...
Approved
Matched Description: … Tetryzoline, also known as tetrahydrozoline, is a derivative of imidazoline with central and peripheral ... Tetryzoline is found in a wide array of over-the-counter eye drops, including the most common brand, ... Tetryzoline is also found in nasal spray under the trade name Tyzine, which is used for decongestion of …
Heparin
Unfractionated heparin (UH) is a heterogenous preparation of anionic, sulfated glycosaminoglycan polymers with weights ranging from 3000 to 30,000 Da. It is a naturally occurring anticoagulant released from mast cells. It binds reversibly to antithrombin III (ATIII) and greatly accelerates the rate at which ATIII inactivates coagulation enzymes thrombin (factor...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … bleeding and higher risk of osteoporosis in long term use. ... Furthermore, the effects of UH can typically be reversed by using protamine sulfate. ... Unfractionated heparin (UH) is a heterogenous preparation of anionic, sulfated glycosaminoglycan polymers …
Lyme disease vaccine (recombinant OspA)
Vaccine against Lyme disease that contains lipoprotein OspA, an outer surface protein of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto ZS7, as expressed by Escherichia coli. Lipoprotein OspA is a single polypeptide chain of 257 amino acids with lipids covalently bonded to the N terminus. It is conjugated with alum (aluminum hydroxide) as...
Approved
Withdrawn
Matched Description: … Vaccine against Lyme disease that contains lipoprotein OspA, an outer surface protein of Borrelia burgdorferi ... Lipoprotein OspA is a single polypeptide chain of 257 amino acids with lipids covalently bonded to the …
Methysergide
An ergot derivative that is a congener of lysergic acid diethylamide. It antagonizes the effects of serotonin in blood vessels and gastrointestinal smooth muscle, but has few of the properties of other ergot alkaloids. Methysergide is used prophylactically in migraine and other vascular headaches and to antagonize serotonin in the...
Approved
Matched Description: … few of the properties of other ergot alkaloids. ... An ergot derivative that is a congener of lysergic acid diethylamide. ... It antagonizes the effects of serotonin in blood vessels and gastrointestinal smooth muscle, but has …
Grepafloxacin
Grepafloxacin is an oral broad-spectrum quinoline antibacterial agent used to treat bacterial infections. Due to the QTc-prolonging potential, as indicated by the changes in the QT interval on the electrocardiogram, and the risk for cardiovascular adverse events, grepafloxacin was withdrawn in the United States.
Approved
Investigational
Withdrawn
Hexachlorophene
A chlorinated bisphenol antiseptic with a bacteriostatic action against Gram-positive organisms, but much less effective against Gram-negative organisms. It is mainly used in soaps and creams and is an ingredient of various preparations used for skin disorders. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p797)
Approved
Withdrawn
Matched Description: … It is mainly used in soaps and creams and is an ingredient of various preparations used for skin disorders …
Dactinomycin
A compound composed of a two cyclic peptides attached to a phenoxazine that is derived from streptomyces parvullus. It binds to DNA and inhibits RNA synthesis (transcription), with chain elongation more sensitive than initiation, termination, or release. As a result of impaired mRNA production, protein synthesis also declines after dactinomycin...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … A compound composed of a two cyclic peptides attached to a phenoxazine that is derived from streptomyces ... As a result of impaired mRNA production, protein synthesis also declines after dactinomycin therapy. …
Ketazolam
Ketazolam is a benzodiazepine derivative with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant activity. Ketazolam is not approved in Canada or America.
Approved
Diiodohydroxyquinoline
Diiodohydroxyquinoline, also known as uidoquinol and iodoquinol, is a quinoline derivative that can be used in the treatment of amoebiasis. The exact mechanism of action is unknown. Iodoquinol is not currently available in any FDA-approved products.
Approved
Matched Description: … The exact mechanism of action is unknown. ... also known as uidoquinol and iodoquinol, is a quinoline derivative that can be used in the treatment of …
Baloxavir marboxil
Baloxavir marboxil is an antiviral drug used to treat influenza. More specifically, it is a first-in-class cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor that works to block influenza virus proliferation.[A39895, A251755] It is a prodrug of baloxavir with an improved absorption profile than its active metabolite due to the addition of a phenolic hydroxyl...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … active metabolite due to the addition of a phenolic hydroxyl group to its structure. ... [A39895, A251755] It is a prodrug of [baloxavir] [L42855] with an improved absorption profile than its …
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