Displaying drugs 726 - 750 of 8198 in total
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 …
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...
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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 …
Octreotide
Acromegaly is a disorder caused by excess growth hormone (GH), increasing the growth of body tissues and causing metabolic dysfunction. In most cases, it results from an anterior pituitary growth hormone-releasing tumor. Typically, the feet, hands, and face grow abnormally large; organomegaly and insulin resistance may also occur. Acromegaly is...
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Matched Description: … hormone, somatostatin, which inhibits the secretion of growth hormone. ... Acromegaly is a disorder caused by excess growth hormone (GH), increasing the growth of body tissues ... [L14501]
Octreotide is a long-acting drug with pharmacologic activities that mimic those of the natural …
Palivizumab
Humanized monoclonal antibody (IgG1k) produced by recombinant DNA technology, directed to an epitope in the A antigenic site of the F protein of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Synagis is a composite of human (95%) and murine (5%) antibody sequences. The human heavy chain sequence was derived from the constant domains...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … of the VL gene K104 withJk-4. ... regions of the VH genes Cor (1) and Cess (2). ... the F protein of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). …
Balsalazide
Balsalazide is an anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. It is sold under the name "Colazal" in the US and "Colazide" in the UK.
The chemical name is (E)-5-[[-4-(2-carboxyethyl) aminocarbonyl] phenyl]azo] -2-hydroxybenzoic acid. It is usually administered as the disodium salt.
Balsalazide works by deliverying mesalazine...
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Matched Description: … Balsalazide is an anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. …
Methoxyflurane
An inhalation anesthetic. Currently, methoxyflurane is rarely used for surgical, obstetric, or dental anesthesia. If so employed, it should be administered with nitrous oxide to achieve a relatively light level of anesthesia, and a neuromuscular blocking agent given concurrently to obtain the desired degree of muscular relaxation. (From AMA Drug...
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Vet approved
Withdrawn
Matched Description: … have been withdrawn or removed from the market for reasons of safety or effectiveness. ... (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p180)
In the US, methoxyflurane is one of the products that ... , and a neuromuscular blocking agent given concurrently to obtain the desired degree of muscular relaxation …
Cefonicid
A second-generation cephalosporin administered intravenously or intramuscularly. Its bactericidal action results from inhibition of cell wall synthesis. It is used for urinary tract infections, lower respiratory tract infections, and soft tissue and bone infections.
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Investigational
Matched Description: … Its bactericidal action results from inhibition of cell wall synthesis. …
Mestranol
The 3-methyl ether of ethinyl estradiol. It must be demethylated to be biologically active. It is used as the estrogen component of many combination ORAL contraceptives.
Approved
Matched Description: … It is used as the estrogen component of many combination ORAL contraceptives. ... The 3-methyl ether of ethinyl estradiol. It must be demethylated to be biologically active. …
Pegaptanib
Pegaptanib is a polynucleotide aptamer. Pegatinib aids neovascular age-related macular degeneration by binding to VEGF which in order reduces angiogenesis and vessel permeability.
Pegaptanib was granted FDA approval on 17 September 2004.
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Investigational
Magnesium trisilicate
Magnesium trisilicate is an inorganic compound that is used as an antacid in the treatment of peptic ulcers.
Approved
Matched Description: … Magnesium trisilicate is an inorganic compound that is used as an antacid in the treatment of peptic …
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 …
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...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … [L6658] The drug consists of three components - a humanized immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody …
Coagulation factor VIIa Recombinant Human
Recombinant human coagulation Factor VIIa (rFVIIa), intended for promoting hemostasis by activating the extrinsic pathway of the coagulation cascade. NovoSeven is a vitamin K-dependent glycoprotein consisting of 406 amino acid residues. Cloned and expressed in hamster kidney cells, the protein is catalytically active in a two-chain form.
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Matched Description: … NovoSeven is a vitamin K-dependent glycoprotein consisting of 406 amino acid residues. ... coagulation Factor VIIa (rFVIIa), intended for promoting hemostasis by activating the extrinsic pathway of …
Flunisolide
Flunisolide (marketed as AeroBid, Nasalide, Nasarel) is a corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory actions. It is often prescribed as treatment for allergic rhinitis and its principle mechanism of action involves activation of glucocorticoid receptors.
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Investigational
Matched Description: … activation of glucocorticoid receptors. ... It is often prescribed as treatment for allergic rhinitis and its principle mechanism of action involves …
Clozapine
Clozapine is a tricyclic dibenzodiazepine, classified as an atypical antipsychotic agent. Clozapine displays affinity to various neuroreceptors with a particularly low affinity to the dopamine receptors, thus breaking the mold of first-generation antipsychotics and deeming it "atypical". . This low affinity to dopamine receptors results in fewer extrapyramidal side effects,...
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Matched Description: … Despite its effectiveness in treating both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, clozapine ... various neuroreceptors with a particularly low affinity to the dopamine receptors, thus breaking the mold of ... [A256713,A256718] However, continued evidence of its effectiveness led to clozapine's eventual reintroduction …
Tenoxicam
Tenoxicam, an antiinflammatory agent with analgesic and antipyretic properties, is used to treat osteoarthritis and control acute pain.
Approved
Penicillamine
Penicillamine is a pharmaceutical of the chelator class. The pharmaceutical form is D-penicillamine, as L-penicillamine is toxic (it inhibits the action of pyridoxine). It is an α-amino acid metabolite of penicillin, although it has no antibiotic properties.
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Matched Description: … Penicillamine is a pharmaceutical of the chelator class. ... It is an α-amino acid metabolite of penicillin, although it has no antibiotic properties. ... The pharmaceutical form is D-penicillamine, as L-penicillamine is toxic (it inhibits the action of pyridoxine …
Domperidone
A specific blocker of dopamine receptors. It speeds gastrointestinal peristalsis, causes prolactin release, and is used as antiemetic and tool in the study of dopaminergic mechanisms.
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Investigational
Vet approved
Matched Description: … A specific blocker of dopamine receptors. ... gastrointestinal peristalsis, causes prolactin release, and is used as antiemetic and tool in the study of …
Melatonin
Melatonin is a biogenic amine that is found in animals, plants and microbes. Aaron B. Lerner of Yale University is credited for naming the hormone and for defining its chemical structure in 1958. In mammals, melatonin is produced by the pineal gland. The pineal gland is small endocrine gland, about...
Approved
Nutraceutical
Vet approved
Matched Description: … Most of the actions of melatonin are mediated through the binding and activation of melatonin receptors ... of melatonin synthesis. ... the circadian rhythms of several biological functions, including the sleep-wake cycle. …
Bromothalonil
Bromothalonil, also known as Methyldibromo glutaronitrile (MDBGN), is a widely used preservative that can be found in many personal hygiene and industrial products. It is also a known allergen and dermatological irritant that has been banned in many EU countries due to increasing rates of contact allergy . In 2005,...
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Experimental
Matched Description: … allergen and dermatological irritant that has been banned in many EU countries due to increasing rates 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 …
Durlobactam
Durlobactam is a diazabicyclooctane non-beta-lactam, beta-lactamase inhibitor. It is typically given in combination with sulbactam to protect it from degradation by certain serine-beta-lactamases. The combination product of durlobactam and sulbactam was first approved by the FDA in May 2023. It is used to treat hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial...
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Matched Description: … [L47336] The combination product of durlobactam and sulbactam was first approved by the FDA in May 2023 ... pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP), caused by susceptible isolates of …
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...
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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 …
Potassium
Potassium is an essential nutrient, like Calcium and Magnesium. It was identified as a shortfall nutrient by the 2015-2020 Advisory Committee of Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Many conditions and diseases interfere with normal body potassium balance, and underconsumption of potassium is one example. Hypokalemia (low potassium) or hyperkalemia (high potassium)...
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Matched Description: … It was identified as a shortfall nutrient by the 2015-2020 Advisory Committee of Dietary Guidelines for ... A186928] Many conditions and diseases interfere with normal body potassium balance, and underconsumption of ... Examples of potassium formulations include potassium citrate, potassium chloride, and potassium with …
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