Displaying drugs 2401 - 2425 of 15172 in total
Voclosporin
Lupus nephritis (LN) is a type of glomerulonephritis occurring in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). LN is a significant cause of renal failure, morbidity, and death in patients with SLE. Within 10 years of being diagnosed with SLE, 5-20% of those suffering from LN develop end-stage kidney disease, a...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Early and accurate intervention for LN is important in improving clinical outcomes. ... LN is a significant cause of renal failure, morbidity, and death in patients with SLE. ... [L31208] Voclosporin has demonstrated a more stable pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic relationship …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Frovatriptan
Frovatriptan is a triptan drug developed by Vernalis for the treatment of migraine headaches, in particular those associated with menstruation. Frovatriptan causes vasoconstriction of arteries and veins that supply blood to the head.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Frovatriptan causes vasoconstriction of arteries and veins that supply blood to the head. …
Matched Categories: … Serotonin-1b and Serotonin-1d Receptor Agonist …
Matched Categories: … Serotonin-1b and Serotonin-1d Receptor Agonist …
Lenalidomide
Lenalidomide (previously referred to as CC-5013) is an immunomodulatory drug with potent antineoplastic, anti-angiogenic, and anti-inflammatory properties. It is a 4-amino-glutamyl analogue of thalidomide and like thalidomide, lenalidomide exists as a racemic mixture of the active S(-) and R(+) forms. However, lenalidomide is much safer and potent than thalidomide, with...
Approved
Matched Description: … and toxicities. ... exists as a racemic mixture of the active S(-) and R(+) forms. ... [A228708] However, lenalidomide is much safer and potent than thalidomide, with fewer adverse effects …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Iodohippurate sodium I-123
Approved
Ribociclib
Ribociclib is a selective cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, a class of drugs that help slow the progression of cancer by inhibiting two proteins called cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 (CDK4/6). These proteins, when over-activated, can enable cancer cells to grow and divide too quickly. Targeting CDK4/6 with enhanced precision may play...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … These proteins, when over-activated, can enable cancer cells to grow and divide too quickly. ... that help slow the progression of cancer by inhibiting two proteins called cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Ceftaroline fosamil
Ceftaroline fosamil is a cephalosporin antibacterial indicated for the treatment of the following infections caused by designated susceptible bacteria:
Acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections.
Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … treatment of the following infections caused by designated susceptible bacteria:
Acute bacterial skin and …
NADH
NADH is the reduced form of NAD+, and NAD+ is the oxidized form of NADH, a coenzyme composed of ribosylnicotinamide 5'-diphosphate coupled to adenosine 5'-phosphate by pyrophosphate linkage. It is found widely in nature and is involved in numerous enzymatic reactions in which it serves as an electron carrier by...
Approved
Nutraceutical
Matched Iupac: … [(2R,3S,4R,5R)-5-(3-carbamoyl-1,4-dihydropyridin-1-yl)-3,4-dihydroxyoxolan-2-yl]methoxy})phosphinic acid …
Matched Description: … electron carrier by being alternately oxidized (NAD+) and reduced (NADH). ... It is found widely in nature and is involved in numerous enzymatic reactions in which it serves as an ... NADH is the reduced form of NAD+, and NAD+ is the oxidized form of NADH, a coenzyme composed of ribosylnicotinamide …
Matched Categories: … Enzymes and Coenzymes ... Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides …
Matched Description: … electron carrier by being alternately oxidized (NAD+) and reduced (NADH). ... It is found widely in nature and is involved in numerous enzymatic reactions in which it serves as an ... NADH is the reduced form of NAD+, and NAD+ is the oxidized form of NADH, a coenzyme composed of ribosylnicotinamide …
Matched Categories: … Enzymes and Coenzymes ... Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides …
Capreomycin
Cyclic peptide antibiotic similar to viomycin. It is produced by Streptomyces capreolus.
Approved
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …
Brivudine
Brivudine is used in the treatment of herpes zoster. Although not approved in the U.S. or Canada, it is approved in several European countries.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Categories: … Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides ... Nucleosides and Nucleotides Excl. Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors …
Erdosteine
Erdosteine is a drug that causes a breakdown of mucus, also known as a mucolytic agent. It is a thiol derivative produced for the clinical management of chronic obstructive bronchitis, in addition to infective exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. This drug contains sulfhydryl groups which are released after erdosteine undergoes hepatic...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Iupac: … 2-({[(2-oxothiolan-3-yl)carbamoyl]methyl}sulfanyl)acetic acid …
Matched Description: … and more effectively than placebo and reduced the adhesivity of sputum more effectively than ambroxol ... Erdosteine 300mg twice daily reduced cough (both frequency and severity) and sputum viscosity more quickly ... Erdosteine has been shown to be safe and well tolerated in clinical trials. …
Matched Categories: … Cough and Cold Preparations …
Matched Description: … and more effectively than placebo and reduced the adhesivity of sputum more effectively than ambroxol ... Erdosteine 300mg twice daily reduced cough (both frequency and severity) and sputum viscosity more quickly ... Erdosteine has been shown to be safe and well tolerated in clinical trials. …
Matched Categories: … Cough and Cold Preparations …
Alvimopan
Alvimopan is a peripherally acting μ opioid antagonist. It is used to avoid postoperative ileus following small or large bowel resection and accelerates the gastrointestinal recovery period.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Iupac: … 2-[(2S)-2-benzyl-3-[(3R,4R)-4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl]propanamido]acetic acid …
Matched Description: … It is used to avoid postoperative ileus following small or large bowel resection and accelerates the …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism …
Matched Description: … It is used to avoid postoperative ileus following small or large bowel resection and accelerates the …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism …
Viomycin
Viomycin is a tuberactinomycin antibiotic that was used to treat Mycobacterium tuberculosis until it was replaced by the less toxic capreomycin. These drugs bind RNA in bacterial ribosomes and inhibit protein synthesis. Viomycin was derived from the actinomycete Streptomyces puniceus.
Approved
Matched Description: … These drugs bind RNA in bacterial ribosomes and inhibit protein synthesis. …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …
Alatrofloxacin
Alatrofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic developed by Pfizer, delivered as a mesylate salt. It was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 2001.
Approved
Withdrawn
Matched Iupac: … [3.1.0]hexan-3-yl]-1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid …
Selenomethionine Se-75
Approved
Matched Iupac: … (2S)-2-amino-4-[methyl(⁷⁵Se)selanyl]butanoic acid …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …
Magnesium glycinate
Magnesium glycinate is a magnesium salt of glycine that is available as dietary supplements as a source of magnesium. It is used in the treatment of magnesium deficiency.
Approved
Cladribine
Cladribine is a purine analogue or a chlorinated derivative of adenine that causes apoptosis of B and T lymphocytes. Cladribine was first approved in the United States in 1993 initially as a treatment for a number of hematological malignancies; currently, it is approved for the treatment of hairy cell leukemia....
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Cladribine is a purine analogue or a chlorinated derivative of adenine [A263733] that causes apoptosis of B and ... [A263733] In 2017 in Europe and in 2019 in the United States, cladribine was also approved for the treatment …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents ... Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents ... Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides …
Colistin
Cyclic polypeptide antibiotic from Bacillus colistinus. It is composed of Polymyxins E1 and E2 (or Colistins A, B, and C) which act as detergents on cell membranes. Colistin is less toxic than Polymyxin B, but otherwise similar; the methanesulfonate is used orally.
Approved
Matched Description: … It is composed of Polymyxins E1 and E2 (or Colistins A, B, and C) which act as detergents on cell membranes …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …
Matched Categories: … Alimentary Tract and Metabolism ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins …
Lomustine
An alkylating agent of value against both hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … An alkylating agent of value against both hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Matched Categories: … Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Brentuximab vedotin
Brentuximab vedotin, also known as Adcetris®, is an antibody-drug conjugate that combines an anti-CD30 antibody with the drug monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE). It is an anti-neoplastic agent used in the treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma and systemic anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Brentuximab vedotin was initially approved in 2011. In January 2012, the...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … The two main types of lymphoma are Hodgkin lymphoma (also called Hodgkin disease) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma ... Lymphoma may begin anywhere in the body and can spread to nearby lymph nodes. ... Food and Drug Administration approved Adcetris in March 2018 to treat adult patients with previously …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents ... MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES …
Matched Categories: … Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents ... MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES …
Brincidofovir
Brincidofovir is an oral antiviral drug used in the treatment of human smallpox infections. It is a lipid conjugate pro-drug of the acyclic nucleotide analogue cidofovir[L34404,A235725] - this lipid conjugate improves drug delivery to the target cells and significantly reduces the nephrotoxicity typically associated with cidofovir therapy.[A235725,A235735] Due to its...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Iupac: … -oxo-1,2-dihydropyrimidin-1-yl)-3-hydroxypropan-2-yl]oxy}methyl)[3-(hexadecyloxy)propoxy]phosphinic acid …
Matched Description: … analogue [cidofovir][L34404,A235725] - this lipid conjugate improves drug delivery to the target cells and ... treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV), BK Virus (BKV), adenoviruses (AdV), and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) ... against several DNA viruses,[A235725] resulting in brincidofovir being investigated for the prevention and …
Matched Categories: … Nucleosides and Nucleotides Excl. Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors …
Matched Description: … analogue [cidofovir][L34404,A235725] - this lipid conjugate improves drug delivery to the target cells and ... treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV), BK Virus (BKV), adenoviruses (AdV), and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) ... against several DNA viruses,[A235725] resulting in brincidofovir being investigated for the prevention and …
Matched Categories: … Nucleosides and Nucleotides Excl. Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors …
Indecainide
Indecainide is a rarely used antidysrhythmic. Indecainide has local anesthetic activity and belongs to the membrane stabilizing (Class 1) group of antiarrhythmic agents; it has electrophysiologic effects characteristic of the IC class of antiarrhythmics.
Approved
Matched Description: … Indecainide has local anesthetic activity and belongs to the membrane stabilizing (Class 1) group of …
Salmon calcitonin
Synthetic peptide, 32 residues long formulated as a nasal spray.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Categories: … Sex Hormones and Insulins ... Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins ... Parathyroid Hormones and Analogues ... Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents ... Parathyroid and Antiparathyroid Agents …
Pirfenidone
Pirfenidone is a synthetic pyridone drug. It is an antifibrotic agent with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that is used to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), which is a chronic, progressive form of interstitial pneumonia. While its mechanism of action is not yet fully understood, pirfenidone is proposed to primarily regulate...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … [A251370] It is an antifibrotic agent with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties [A251370] that ... fully understood, pirfenidone is proposed to primarily regulate tumor necrosis factor (TNF) pathways and …
Matched Categories: … Analgesics, Non-Narcotic ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Matched Categories: … Analgesics, Non-Narcotic ... Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents …
Zonisamide
Zonisamide is a sulfonamide anticonvulsant used as an adjunctive therapy in adults with partial-onset seizures.[L42530,L42535] Zonisamide may act by blocking repetitive firing of voltage-gated sodium channels, leading to a reduction of T-type calcium channel currents or by binding allosterically to GABA receptors. This latter action may inhibit the uptake of...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … The US and Europe approved it in 2000 and 2005, respectively.[A1379,A1383] …
Matched Categories: … Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents …
Matched Categories: … Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents …
Mivacurium
Mivacurium is a bisbenzylisoquinolinium based neuromuscular blocker or muscle relaxant. It binds competitively to cholinergic receptors on the motor end-plate to antagonize the action of acetylcholine, resulting in a block of neuromuscular transmission.
Approved
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