Displaying drugs 101 - 125 of 559 in total
Sugammadex
Sugammadex is a selective relaxant binding agent indicated for reversal of neuromuscular blockade induced by rocuronium bromide and vecuronium bromide during surgery. Rocuronium bromide and vecuronium bromide are neuromuscular blocking medications that cause temporary paralysis and are especially useful for general anesthesia, ventilation, or tracheal intubation that patients may require...
Approved
Matched Categories: … gamma-Cyclodextrins …
Technetium Tc-99m oxidronate
Technetium Tc-99m oxidronate, also known as 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate, is a radiopharmaceutical agent. A radiopharmaceutical is defined as a medicinal formulation containing radioisotopes that are used in major clinical areas for diagnosis and/or therapy. The radiopharmaceuticals based on technetium-99m are widely used for diagnostic purposes because 99mTc has a versatile chemistry...
Approved
Peginterferon alfa-2b
Peginterferon alfa-2b is a form of recombinant interferon used as part of combination therapy to treat chronic Hepatitis C, an infectious liver disease caused by infection with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). HCV is a single-stranded RNA virus that is categorized into nine distinct genotypes, with genotype 1 being the most...
Approved
Matched Description: … binding to human type 1 interferon receptors. ... Peginterferon alfa-2b is a form of recombinant interferon used as part of combination therapy to treat ... Peginterferon alfa-2b is derived from the alfa-2b moeity of recombinant human interferon and acts by …
Matched Categories: … Interferon alpha ... Interferon-alpha ... Interferon Type I …
Matched Categories: … Interferon alpha ... Interferon-alpha ... Interferon Type I …
Glucarpidase
Glucarpidase is a recombinant carboxypeptidase G2 produced by genetically modified Escherichia coli bacteria. It is a 390-amino acid homodimer protein. High-dose methotrexate, an antifolate agent, has been widely and safely used for many decades in treating various cancers; however, even with aggressive hydration, urine alkalinization, and leucovorin rescue, some patients...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Categories: … gamma-Glutamyl Hydrolase, antagonists & inhibitors …
Menadione
A synthetic naphthoquinone without the isoprenoid side chain and biological activity, but can be converted to active vitamin K2, menaquinone, after alkylation in vivo.
Approved
Nutraceutical
Technetium Tc-99m red blood cells
Technetium Tc-99m red blood cells is a radiopharmaceutical diagnostic agent that is intravenously administered to be used in blood pool imaging, including cardiac first pass and gated equilibrium imaging and for detection of sites of gastrointestinal bleeding. It is clinically useful in early detection and localization of bleeding sites, and...
Approved
Matched Description: … Radiolabeled red blood cells are re-injected intravenously into the patient for gamma scintigraphic imaging …
Gabapentin
Gabapentin is a structural analogue of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) that was first approved for use in the United States in 1993. It was originally developed as a novel anti-epileptic for the treatment of certain types of seizures[A186277,A186143] - today it is also widely used to treat neuropathic...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Gabapentin is a structural analogue of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid ([GABA …
Technetium Tc-99m sulfur colloid
Technetium 99m sulfur colloid is a radiopharmaceutical diagnostic agent used in the evaluation of various conditions including lymph node metastases in breast cancer, detection of shunt patency, imaging of reticuloendothelial cells for assessment of liver function, and studies of esophageal transit and gastroesophageal reflux. Following injection or oral administration, single...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … oral administration, single photon emission computer tomography (SPECT) imaging is performed using a gamma ... possible as Technetium-99m decays by isomeric transition to technetium-99 through the release of a gamma …
Indium In-111 oxyquinoline
Indium In 111 oxyquinoline (oxine) is a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical intended for radiolabeling of autologous leukocytes. It is composed of a 3:1 saturated complex of In-111 isotope and oxyquinoline. Indium-111 decays by isomeric transition and electron capture to cadmium-111, emitting a gamma ray that can be detected with a gamma ray...
Approved
Matched Description: … can be detected with a gamma ray camera. ... Indium-111 decays by isomeric transition and electron capture to cadmium-111, emitting a gamma ray that …
Phenobarbital
A barbituric acid derivative that acts as a nonselective central nervous system depressant. It promotes binding to inhibitory gamma-aminobutyric acid subtype receptors, and modulates chloride currents through receptor channels. It also inhibits glutamate induced depolarizations.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … It promotes binding to inhibitory gamma-aminobutyric acid subtype receptors, and modulates chloride currents …
Rituximab
Rituximab is a genetically engineered chimeric murine/human monoclonal antibody directed against the CD20 antigen found on the surface of normal and malignant B lymphocytes. The antibody is an IgG1 kappa immunoglobulin containing murine light and heavy-chain variable region sequences and human constant region sequences , [FDA label]. It was originally...
Approved
Indium In-111 pentetate
Indium In-111 pentetate disodium is a radioactive diagnostic indicated for use in radionuclide cisternography. Decay of In-111 by electron capture allows for detection with a gamma camera for visualization of the brain and spinal column.
Approved
Matched Description: … Decay of In-111 by electron capture allows for detection with a gamma camera for visualization of the …
Iodide I-131
Iodide I-131 (as Sodium iodide I-131) is a radioisotopic drug used for the treatment and palliation of thyroid malignancy. Iodine-131 is notable for causing mutation and death in cells that it penetrates, which is due to its mode of beta decay. As a result of beta decay, approximately 10% of...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … As a result of beta decay, approximately 10% of its energy and radiation dose is via gamma radiation, …
Ravulizumab
Ravulizumab is a potent and selective complement 5 (C5) inhibitor. It is a humanized monoclonal IgG2/4 kappa antibody produced in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Ravulizumab was engineered from eculizumab, another complement inhibitor, to increase the duration of action and reduce the frequency of drug administration. It works by blocking...
Approved
Investigational
Zuranolone
Zuranolone is a neuroactive steroid that acts as a positive allosteric modulator of the GABAA receptors. Unlike other more common GABAA positive allosteric modulators on the market like benzodiazepines, zuranolone can modulate both synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA conductance due to binding to a non-benzodiazepine site on the receptor.[A260776,A260786] Zuranolone was...
Approved
Experimental
Matched Categories: … Neuroactive Steroid Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid A Receptor Positive Modulator …
Fluorescein
A phthalic indicator dye that appears yellow-green in normal tear film and bright green in a more alkaline medium, such as the aqueous humor, and is used therapeutically as a diagnostic aid in corneal injuries and corneal trauma. It has been approved by FDA for use in externally applied drugs...
Approved
Anisindione
Anisindione is a synthetic anticoagulant and an indanedione derivative. Its anticoagulant action is mediated through the inhibition of the vitamin K-mediated gamma-carboxylation of precursor proteins that are critical in forming the formation of active procoagulation factors II, VII, IX, and X, as well as the anticoagulant proteins C and S,...
Approved
Matched Description: … Its anticoagulant action is mediated through the inhibition of the vitamin K-mediated gamma-carboxylation …
Methotrexate
Methotrexate is a folate derivative that inhibits several enzymes responsible for nucleotide synthesis. This inhibition leads to suppression of inflammation as well as prevention of cell division. Because of these effects, methotrexate is often used to treat inflammation caused by arthritis or to control cell division in neoplastic diseases such...
Approved
Ribavirin
Producing a broad-spectrum activity against several RNA and DNA viruses, Ribavirin is a synthetic guanosine nucleoside and antiviral agent that interferes with the synthesis of viral mRNA. It is primarily indicated for use in treating hepatitis C and viral hemorrhagic fevers. HCV is a single-stranded RNA virus that is categorized...
Approved
Ibritumomab tiuxetan
Indium or yttrium conjugated murine IgG1 kappa monoclonal antibody directed against the CD20 antigen, which is found on the surface of normal and malignant B lymphocytes. Ibritumomab is produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells and is composed of two murine gamma 1 heavy chains of 445 amino acids each and...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … Ibritumomab is produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells and is composed of two murine gamma 1 heavy chains …
Phenelzine
Phenelzine, with the formula β-phenylethylhydrazine, is a monoamine oxidase inhibiting antidepressant that is effective in the treatment of panic disorder and social anxiety disorder. It was developed by Parke Davis and originally FDA approved on June 9th, 1961. It is currently approved under prescription by the name of Nardil.
Approved
Duvelisib
Duvelisib, also known as IPI-145 and INK-1197, is a small-molecule inhibitor of phosphoinositide-3 kinases that was designed initially to prove that simultaneous inhibition of the isoforms delta and gamma can produce a broad adaptative and innate immune cell inhibitory activity. All the work around duvelisib showed that this agent is...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … kinases that was designed initially to prove that simultaneous inhibition of the isoforms delta and gamma …
Etravirine
Etravirine is an antiretroviral agent more specifically classified as a Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NNRTI). Etraverine is used clinically for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. On January 18, 2007, the FDA granted accelerated approved for the use of etravirine 100mg tablets in the treatment of...
Approved
Matched Description: … Etravirine does not inhibit human DNA polymerase alpha, beta or gamma. …
Hexaminolevulinate
Hexaminolevulinate is an optical imaging drug. In solution form it is instilled intravesically for use with photodynamic blue light cystoscopy as an adjunct to white light cystoscopy. On May 28, 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for hexaminolevulinate hydrochloride (Cysview for Intravesical Solution, Photocure ASA), as...
Approved
Ganaxolone
Ganaxolone is the 3β-methylated synthetic analog of allopregnanolone, a metabolite of progesterone. Ganaxolone belongs to a class of compounds referred to as neurosteroids. Endogenous neurosteroids, which comprise certain metabolites of progesterone and deoxycorticosterone, bind potently and specifically to GABAA receptors to enhance their inhibitory effects, and are thus known to...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Categories: … Neuroactive Steroid Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid A Receptor Positive Modulator …
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