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Mogamulizumab
Mogamulizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against CC chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) for the treatment of Mycosis Fungoides (MF) and Sézary Syndrome (SS), the most common subtypes of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas occur when certain white blood cells, called T cells, become cancerous; these cancers typically...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … humanized monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against CC chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) for the treatment of ... Mycosis Fungoides (MF) and Sézary Syndrome (SS), the most common subtypes of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma ... approved mogamulizumab injection (also known as _Poteligeo_) for intravenous use for the treatment of …
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...
Approved
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 …
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 …
Urokinase
Urokinase is an endogenous peptide that is cleaved in the presence of plasmin between lysine 158 and isoleucine 159 to yield active urokinase. Urokinase remains connected between these 2 chains by a sulfhydryl bond. Urokinase was granted FDA approval on 16 January 1978.
Approved
Investigational
Withdrawn
Matched Description: … Urokinase is an endogenous peptide that is cleaved in the presence of plasmin between lysine 158 and …
Thiethylperazine
A dopamine antagonist that is particularly useful in treating the nausea and vomiting associated with anesthesia, mildly emetic cancer chemotherapy agents, radiation therapy, and toxins. This piperazine phenothiazine does not prevent vertigo or motion sickness. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p457)
Approved
Withdrawn
Ambenonium
Ambenonium is a cholinesterase inhibitor. It is used in the management of myasthenia gravis.
Approved
Matched Description: … It is used in the management of myasthenia gravis. …
Dichlorobenzene
Dichlorobenzene refers to any of, or a mixture of, three isomers consisting of benzene in which two of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by chlorine atoms: ortho-, meta-, and paradichlorobenzene. It is a constituent of the ear-wax removal product Cerumol.
Approved
Experimental
Matched Description: … Dichlorobenzene refers to any of, or a mixture of, three isomers consisting of benzene in which two of ... It is a constituent of the ear-wax removal product Cerumol. …
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
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
Luspatercept
Luspatercept is a recombinant fusion protein comprised of a modified extracellular domain of activin receptor type IIB fused to the FC domain of human IgG1.[A187829,L42455] It was first approved for use in the United States in November 2019 under the brand name Reblozyl® for the treatment of anemia in patients...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Luspatercept is a recombinant fusion protein comprised of a modified extracellular domain of activin ... [A187835] Luspatercept's novel mechanism of action, then, is uniquely suited for the treatment of conditions ... receptor type IIB fused to the FC domain of human IgG1. …
Human botulinum neurotoxin A/B immune globulin
Infant botulism is a rare infectious disease occurring in infants in which Clostridium botulinum colonize the large intestine and being to produce botulinum neurotoxin directly in the gut. As these neurotoxins interfere with cholinergic nervous transmission, patients initially present with evident of loss of muscle tone (e.g. constipation, ptosis, feeding...
Approved
Matched Description: … neurotoxins interfere with cholinergic nervous transmission, patients initially present with evident of ... loss of muscle tone (e.g. constipation, ptosis, feeding difficulties) which may progress to more serious ... [L39834] It is produced and distributed by the Calfornia Department of Public Health's Infant Botulism …
Diamorphine
Diamorphine (heroin) is a narcotic analgesic that may be habit-forming. It is a controlled substance (opium derivative) listed in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Parts 329.1, 1308.11 (1987). Sale is forbidden in the United States by Federal statute. (Merck Index, 11th ed) Internationally, diamorphine is controlled under...
Approved
Illicit
Investigational
Matched Description: … Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Parts 329.1, 1308.11 (1987). ... (Merck Index, 11th ed) Internationally, diamorphine is controlled under Schedules I and IV of the Single …
Simethicone
Simethicone is a silicon based surfactant that decreases the surface tension of gastrointestinal gas bubbles to facilitate their elimination. It has a favourable safety profile as it is not systemically absorbed. Simethicone has been in use since the 1940s but was granted FDA approval in 1952.
Approved
Matched Description: … Simethicone is a silicon based surfactant that decreases the surface tension of gastrointestinal gas …
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 …
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 …
Antithymocyte immunoglobulin (rabbit)
Rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin. Thymoglobulin is a polyclonal antibody that suppresses certain types of immune cells responsible for acute organ rejection in transplant patients. Thymoglobulin is a mixture of antibodies intended to bind to various cell surface antigens. The most common mode of action of Thymoglobulin is via selective depletion of...
Approved
Matched Description: … The most common mode of action of Thymoglobulin is via selective depletion of T-cells. ... Thymoglobulin is a mixture of antibodies intended to bind to various cell surface antigens. ... Thymoglobulin is a polyclonal antibody that suppresses certain types of immune cells responsible for …
Hydrocortisone acetate
Approved
Vet approved
Potassium perchlorate
Potassium perchlorate is an inorganic salt with the chemical formula KClO4. It is a strong oxidizer with the lowest solubility of the alkali metal perchlorates. Potassium is most commonly used in flares and automobile airbags . The use of potassium perchlorate as a component in sealing gaskets for food containers...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … the production of the thyroid hormone. ... It is a strong oxidizer with the lowest solubility of the alkali metal perchlorates. ... The use of potassium perchlorate as a component in sealing gaskets for food containers has been revoked …
Omaveloxolone
Omaveloxolone (RTA-408) is a semisynthetic oleanane triterpenoid with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.[A257534,A257539] Omaveloxolone acts as an activator of nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2), a transcription factor that mitigates oxidative stress. In patients with Friedreich's ataxia, a genetic disease involving mitochondrial dysfunction, the Nrf2 pathway is impaired, and Nrf2 activity...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … group of patients. ... [L45424] The use of omaveloxolone for the treatment of conditions involving mitochondrial dysfunction ... [A257534,A257539] Omaveloxolone acts as an activator of nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 ( …
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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Investigational
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 …
Human immunoglobulin G
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is a mixture of IgG1 and other antibodies derived from healthy human plasma via Cohn fractionation. The purification process includes cold alcohol fractionation, polyethylene glycol precipitation, and ion exchange chromatography. IVIg contains the same distribution of IgG antibody subclasses as is found in the general human population....
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is a mixture of IgG1 and other antibodies derived from healthy human ... IVIg is used in the treatment of immunodeficiencies, as well as autoimmune and inflammatory disorders ... IVIg contains the same distribution of IgG antibody subclasses as is found in the general human population …
Felodipine
Felodipine is a long-acting 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (CCB)b. It acts primarily on vascular smooth muscle cells by stabilizing voltage-gated L-type calcium channels in their inactive conformation. By inhibiting the influx of calcium in smooth muscle cells, felodipine prevents calcium-dependent myocyte contraction and vasoconstriction. Felodipine is the most potent CCB...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … , exhibits competitive antagonism of the mineralcorticoid receptor, inhibits the activity of calmodulin-dependent ... By inhibiting the influx of calcium in smooth muscle cells, felodipine prevents calcium-dependent myocyte ... In addition to binding to L-type calcium channels, felodipine binds to a number of calcium-binding proteins …
Benzyl alcohol
Approved
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