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Status:
US Approved Rx (2022)
First approved in 2002

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (EPIMERIC)



Fulvestrant is a drug treatment of hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer in post-menopausal women with disease progression following anti-estrogen therapy. It is an estrogen receptor antagonist with no agonist effects, which works both b...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1991)
First approved in 1991

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Pentostatin, also known as 2’-deoxycoformycin (DCF) under the trade name Nipent, is a potent inhibitor of the enzyme adenosine deaminase and is isolated from fermentation cultures of Streptomyces antibioticus. It was developed by Parke-Davis (now Pfi...