Displaying drugs 201 - 225 of 1554 in total
Testosterone undecanoate
Testosterone undecanoate is the ester prodrug of testosterone and has a mid-chain fatty acid at the carbon 17β position. It was developed via fatty acid esterification of testosterone in order to achieve orally administer testosterone. There are oral and intramuscular formulations available for testosterone undecanoate: both formulations are indicated for...
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Buclizine
Buclizine is an antihistamine medication with both antiemetic and anticholinergic effects , belonging to the piperazine derivative family of drugs. It was manufactured by Stuart Pharms and initially approved by the FDA in 1957. Following this, it was touted to be effective as an appetite stimulant in children when administered...
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Matched Description: … , it was touted to be effective as an appetite stimulant in children when administered in the syrup form …
Novobiocin
Novobiocin is an antibiotic compound derived from Streptomyces niveus. It has a chemical structure similar to coumarin. Novobiocin binds to DNA gyrase and blocks adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity. (From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p189)
Novobiocin sodium, a salt form of novobiocin, was initially approved in September 1964...
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Matched Description: … (From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p189)
Novobiocin sodium, a salt form …
Benzoic acid
A fungistatic compound that is widely used as a food preservative. It is conjugated to GLYCINE in the liver and excreted as hippuric acid. As the sodium salt form, sodium benzoate is used as a treatment for urea cycle disorders due to its ability to bind amino acids. This leads...
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Matched Description: … As the sodium salt form, sodium benzoate is used as a treatment for urea cycle disorders due to its ability …
Guselkumab
Guselkumab is a human immunoglobulin G1 lambda (IgG1λ) monoclonal antibody that selectively blocks interleukin-23. IL-23 is an inflammatory cytokine that activates the CD4+ T-helper (Th17) cell pathway to mediate the inflammatory cascade that induces psoriatic plaque formation . In clinical trials, guselkumab demonstrated improved skin clearance and symptomatic improvements in...
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Matched Description: … Developed by Janssen, the subcutenous injection form of guselkumab was approved in July 2017 under the …
Emicizumab
Emicizumab is a humanized recombinant monoclonal antibody that mimics the function of the coagulation Factor VIII and it has the capacity to bind simultaneously to activated Factor IX and Factor X. The ability of Emicizumab to bind to all these three different factors allows it to overcome immunogenicity and unstable...
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Matched Description: … Emicizumab was originated as an improved form of hBS23 and it was approved on November 16, 2017. …
Lutropin alfa
Lutropin alfa is a recombinant human luteinizing hormone produced in yeast with 2 subunits, alpha = 92 residues, beta = 121 residues. It is a heterodimeric glycoprotein made up of monomeric units. Lutropin alfa was the first and only recombinant human form of luteinizing hormone (LH) developed for use in...
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Matched Description: … Lutropin alfa was the first and only recombinant human form of luteinizing hormone (LH) developed for …
Gadobenic acid
Gadobenic acid, usually available in the salt form gadobenate dimeglumine, is a linear MRI gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) used primarily for MR imaging of the liver. It differs from other GBCAs due to the benzene ring that confers weak protein binding, thus leading to an increased R1 and R2 relaxivity....
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Matched Description: … Gadobenic acid, usually available in the salt form gadobenate dimeglumine, is a linear MRI gadolinium-based …
Beta carotene
Beta-carotene, with the molecular formula C40H56, belongs to the group of carotenoids consisting of isoprene units. The presence of long chains of conjugated double bonds donates beta-carotene with specific colors. It is the most abundant form of carotenoid and it is a precursor of the vitamin A. Beta-carotene is composed...
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Nutraceutical
Matched Description: … [T162] It is the most abundant form of carotenoid and it is a precursor of the vitamin A. …
Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi
Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi is an asparaginase-specific enzyme derived from Erwinia chrysanthemi used as an anticancer agent. It works by depleting the stores of an important amino acid called asparagine, which is involved in DNA synthesis and cell survival of malignant cells, leading to cell death. L-asparaginase was first identified in...
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Matched Description: … different formulations of L-asparaginase, including [Asparaginase Escherichia coli] and a pegylated form ... [L149] In June 2021, the recombinant form of asparaginase _Erwinia chrysanthemi_ was approved by the …
Fluconazole
Fluconazole, commonly known as Diflucan, is an antifungal drug used for the treatment of both systemic and superficial fungal infections in a variety of tissues. It was initially approved by the FDA in 1990. This drug is an azole antifungal, in the same drug family as ketoconazole and itraconazole. Fluconazole...
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Alginic acid
Alginic acid, also referred to as algin or alginate, is a hydrophilic or anionic polysaccharide isolated from certain brown seaweed (Phacophycae) via alkaline extraction. It is present in cell walls of brown algae where it forms a viscous gel when binding with water. Alginic acid is a linear polymer consisted...
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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...
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Bulevirtide
Hepatitis D is considered the most severe type of viral hepatitis and leads to the rapid development of cirrhosis, severe decompensation of liver function, and an increased risk of mortality.[A226340,L30235] Until recently, there have been extremely limited treatments available for Hepatitis D infection. Bulevirtide, also known as Hepcludex, is a...
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Tyrothricin
Tyrothricin is an antibiotic peptide complex produced and extracted from the aerobic Gram-positive bacillus Brevibacillus parabrevis [L4019, L4021, A32851] which was previously categorized as Bacillus brevis and Bacillus aneurinolyticus . This complex is a mixture comprised of 60% tyrocidine cationic cyclic decapeptides (consisting largely of the six predominant tyrocidines, TrcA/A1,...
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Mitapivat
Mitapivat is a novel, first-in-class pyruvate kinase activator. It works to increase the activity of erythrocyte pyruvate kinase, a key enzyme involved in the survival of red blood cells. Defects in the pyruvate kinase enzyme in various red blood cells disorders lead to the lack of energy production for red...
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Daptomycin
Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibacterial agent with a broad spectrum of activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA/MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE).[A231379, A231384, L32534] Chemically, daptomycin comprises 13 amino acids, including several non-standard and D-amino acids, with the C-terminal 10 amino acids forming an ester-linked...
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Influenza B virus B/Maryland/15/2016 BX-69A antigen (formaldehyde 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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Influenza B virus B/Washington/02/2019 antigen (UV, formaldehyde 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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Influenza B virus B/Phuket/3073/2013 BVR-1B antigen (formaldehyde 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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Varenicline
Varenicline is a prescription medication used to treat smoking addiction. This medication is the first approved nicotinic receptor partial agonist. Specifically, varenicline is a partial agonist of the alpha4/beta2 subtype of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. In addition it acts on alpha3/beta4 and weakly on alpha3beta2 and alpha6-containing receptors. A full...
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Matched Description: … Food and Drug Administration warned that Varenicline, in the form of Pfizer Inc's quit-smoking drug, …
Sodium acetate
Sodium Acetate is chemically designated CH3COONa, a hygroscopic powder very soluble in water. Sodium acetate could be used as additives in food, industry, concrete manufacture, heating pads and in buffer solutions. Medically, sodium acetate is important component as an electrolyte replenisher when given intravenously. It is mainly indicated to correct...
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Kappadione
Kappadione is a Vitamin K derivative (chemically, it is menadiol sodium diphosphate), previously approved by FDA prior to 1982 and marketed by Lilly Marketing for this drug has been discontinued and is not available in North America . It has been found to have carcinogenic potential in mammalian cells as...
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Cenegermin
Cenegermin is a human beta-nerve growth factor (beta-ngf)-(1-118)- peptide (non-covalent dimer) produced in escherichia coli. It received European Union Approval in July 2017 for the treatment of moderate to severe neurotrophic keratitis. Cenegermin received approval from the US FDA a year later in August of 2018. Neurotrophic keratitis is a...
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Fosdenopterin
Molybdenum cofactor deficiency (MoCD) is an exceptionally rare autosomal recessive disorder resulting in a deficiency of three molybdenum-dependent enzymes: sulfite oxidase (SOX), xanthine dehydrogenase, and aldehyde oxidase. Signs and symptoms begin shortly after birth and are caused by a build-up of toxic sulfites resulting from a lack of SOX activity.[A230088,L32163]...
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