Displaying drugs 176 - 200 of 683 in total
Ripretinib
Ripretinib is a kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) that has not adequately responded to other kinase inhibitors such as sunitinib and imatinib. Ripretinib, also known as Qinlock, is manufactured by Deciphera Pharmaceuticals and was initially approved by the FDA on May 15, 2020....
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Matched Description: … Qinlock, is manufactured by Deciphera Pharmaceuticals and was initially approved by the FDA on May 15, 2020 …
Satralizumab
Satralizumab is a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody targeted against human interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptors, similar to tocilizumab, which is produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells and based on an IgG2 framework. Satralizumab is used in the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), a rare autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the central...
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Matched Description: … Satralizumab was first approved for use in Canada in June 2020 for the treatment of AQP4 antibody-positive ... subsequent approvals in Switzerland and Japan,[A218551] and was approved for use by the FDA in August 2020 ... treatment to receive FDA approval for NMOSD (after [eculizumab] in June 2019 and [inebilizumab] in June 2020 …
Osilodrostat
Osilodrostat is an inhibitor of 11β-hydroxylase (also referred to as CYP11B1), the enzyme that catalyzes the final step in the biosynthesis of endogenous cortisol. It is used to lower circulating cortisol levels in the treatment of Cushing's disease, a disorder in which cortisol levels are chronically and supraphysiologically elevated. Cushing's...
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Matched Description: … [A191850] Osilodrostat was approved for use in the EU in January 2020 for the treatment of endogenous ... Cushing's disease),[A191850] and was granted FDA approval and Orphan Drug designation in the US in March 2020 …
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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Matched Description: … granted accelerated FDA approval on June 10, 2019 [A254936] and was approved by Health Canada on July 9, 2020 …
Lactitol
Lactitol, also known as 4-β-D-galactopyranosyl-D-glucitol, is a sugar alcohol synthesized from lactose. It is used in food manufacturing as a nutritive sweetener and is approximately 35% as sweet as table sugar (i.e. sucrose). Clinically, lactitol has been investigated for use as an osmotic laxative and, along with other non-absorbable disaccharides...
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Matched Description: … powder for solution, was approved by the FDA for use in chronic idiopathic constipation in February 2020 …
Collagenase clostridium histolyticum
Collagenase clostridium histolyticum is an enzyme produced by the bacterium Clostridium histolyticum. It is beneficial in the breakdown of collagen plaques for the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture and Peyronie's disease. The topical formulation is used for the debridement of necrotic tissue due to burns or chronic ulcers. On July 6,...
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Matched Description: … [L14912]
On July 6, 2020 a combination of injectable bacterial collagenases was approved by the FDA …
Ethynodiol diacetate
A synthetic progestational hormone used alone or in combination with estrogens as an oral contraceptive. Although etynodiol or ethynodiol are sometimes used as a synonym for ethynodiol diacetate, what is usually being referred to is actually ethynodiol diacetate and not ethynodiol (which is a separate drug that has never been...
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Matched Synonyms: … 3β,17β-Diacetoxy-19-nor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yne ... 19-Nor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yne-3β,17-diol diacetate …
Chloroquine
Chloroquine is an aminoquinolone derivative first developed in the 1940s for the treatment of malaria. It was the drug of choice to treat malaria until the development of newer antimalarials such as pyrimethamine, artemisinin, and mefloquine. Chloroquine and its derivative hydroxychloroquine have since been repurposed for the treatment of a...
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Vet approved
Matched Description: … authorization for [hydroxychloroquine] and chloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 was revoked on 15 June 2020 …
Darunavir
Darunavir is a protease inhibitor used with other HIV protease inhibitor drugs as well as ritonavir for the effective management of HIV-1 infection. As a second-generation protease inhibitor, darunavir is designed to combat resistance to standard HIV therapy.[A2278,A2281] It was initially approved by the FDA in 2006. Darunavir is being...
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Matched Description: … [A191682] Clinical trials are underway and are expected to conclude in August 2020.[L12066] …
Haemophilus influenzae type B strain 20752 capsular polysaccharide tetanus toxoid conjugate antigen
Haemophilus influenzae type b strain 20752 capsular polysaccharide tetanus toxoid conjugate antigen is an active immunization as a booster dose given intramuscularly to pediatric patients who have received a primary series with a Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccine that is licensed for primarly immunization. The vaccine contains Haemophilus b capsular polysaccharide...
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Setmelanotide
Setmelanotide is the first available treatment for patients with pro-opiomelanocortin, proprotein subilisin/kexin type 1, or leptin deficiencies. It is an agonist of the melanocortin 4 receptor. Earlier attempts at agonizing MC4R (such as LY2112688) lead to successful weight loss, but also an increase in blood pressure and heart rate. Other...
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Investigational
Matched Description: … Imcivree was granted EMA orphan designation on November 19, 2018 [L24559] and FDA approval on November 25, 2020 …
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...
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Matched Description: … first "soft" benzodiazepine analog to be developed[A214862] and was approved for use by the FDA in July 2020 …
Tirbanibulin
Tirbanibulin (KX-O1 or KX2–391) is a dual inhibitor of Src Kinase and tubulin. On December 14, 2020, tirbanibulin was approved by the FDA for the topical treatment of actinic keratosis on the face or scalp. It is marketed under the brand name Klisyri. Actinic keratosis is a chronic condition characterized...
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Matched Description: … [A225726] On December 14, 2020, tirbanibulin was approved by the FDA for the topical treatment of actinic …
Sofpironium
Sofpironium is a "soft" anticholinergic analog of glycopyrronium that has been modified with a readily hydrolyzable ester moiety. Soft drugs are designed to reduce systemic toxicity while enhancing local efficacy by employing retrometabolic drug design, in which a molecule contains a metabolically sensitive moiety that promotes rapid metabolism to inactive...
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Matched Description: … [L51103,L51108] It has also been available in Japan since 2020 under the brand name Ecclock.[L51103] …
Medroxyprogesterone acetate
Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is a progesterone derivative that is more resistant to metabolism for improved pharmacokinetic properties. MPA can be use to treat secondary amenorrhea, endometrial hyperplasia, abnormal uterine bleeding, osteoporosis, vasomotor symptoms in menopause, vulvar and vaginal atrophy, prevent pregnancy, manage pain in endometriosis, prevent pregnancy, and is also...
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Influenza A virus A/Singapore/GP2050/2015 (H3N2) antigen (MDCK cell derived, propiolactone 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...
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Berotralstat
Berotralstat is a selective inhibitor of plasma kallikrein used in the prophylaxis of attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE). It works by blocking the enzymatic activity of plasma kallikrein in releasing bradykinin, the major biologic peptide that promotes swelling and pain associated with attacks of HAE. Berotralstat is strictly used to...
Approved
Matched Description: … [A225106] Berotralstat was first approved by the FDA on December 3, 2020, as the first once-daily oral …
Cedazuridine
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of hematopoietic neoplasms that give rise to variable cytopenias progressing to secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML), which is invariably fatal if untreated.[A215082, A215092, A215097] Hypomethylating agents such as decitabine and azacitidine are used to treat MDS through inducing DNA hypomethylation and apoptosis of cancerous...
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Matched Description: … Cedazuridine was first reported in 2014,[A215107] and was subsequently approved by the FDA on July 7, 2020 …
Hydroxyprogesterone caproate
Hydroxyprogesterone caproate is a synthetic steroid hormone that is similar to medroxyprogesterone acetate and megestrol acetate. It is an ester derivative of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone formed from caproic acid (hexanoic acid). Hydroxyprogesterone caproate was previously marketed under the trade name Delalutin by Squibb, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug...
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Baricitinib
Baricitinib is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor. JAKs are tyrosine protein kinases that play an important role in pro-inflammatory signaling pathways. Overactive JAKs have been implicated in autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis. By inhibiting the actions of JAK1 and JAK2, baricitinib attenuates JAK-mediated inflammation and immune responses. Baricitinib was...
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Matched Description: … for COVID-19 in combination with [remdesivir] under the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) in November 2020 …
Sacituzumab govitecan
Metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) is an aggressive form of breast cancer with limited treatment options involving cytotoxic chemotherapy agents. Targeted chemotherapy through the application of antibody-conjugated agents (ADCs) is a recent advance in cancer treatment. One such ADC is sacituzumab govitecan, which combines a humanized anti-trophoblast cell-surface antigen 2...
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Matched Description: … [L13002, A193674]
Sacituzumab govitecan was granted FDA approval on April 22nd, 2020 and is marketed ... [A193653] In November 2021 and July 20 2023, sacituzumab govitecan was also approved by the European …
Pralsetinib
Pralsetinib, similar to the previously approved selpercatinib, is a kinase inhibitor with enhanced specificity for RET tyrosine kinase receptors (RTKs) over other RTK classes.[A202055, A219751, L15986] Enhanced RET (Rearranged during transfection) oncogene expression is a hallmark of many cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer. Although multikinase inhibitors, including cabozantinib, ponatinib,...
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Matched Description: … ARROW (NCT03037385) is still ongoing, pralsetinib was granted accelerated FDA approval on September 4, 2020 …
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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Experimental
Matched Description: … It was identified as a shortfall nutrient by the 2015-2020 Advisory Committee of Dietary Guidelines for …
Rozanolixizumab
Rozanolixizumab is a humanized high-affinity anti-human neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) monoclonal antibody (IgG4P) targeting the immunoglobulin G (IgG). Rozonolixizumab itself is an IgG4P, an inactive isotype, to reduce the likelihood of unwanted chain exchange. It is investigated for use in autoimmune and alloimmune diseases with pathologic IgG, particularly generalized myasthenia...
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Matched Description: … , and by the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) in November 2020. ... granted orphan drug designation by the FDA in 2019, by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in April 2020 …
Rimegepant
Rimegepant is an oral antagonist of the CGRP receptor developed by Biohaven Pharmaceuticals. It received FDA approval on February 27, 2020 for the acute treatment migraine headache, and was subsequently approved by the European Commission in April 2022 for both the treatment and prevention of migraines. While several parenteral antagonists...
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Matched Description: … [L11028] It received FDA approval on February 27, 2020 for the acute treatment migraine headache,[L11974 …
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