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Status:
US Approved Rx (2011)
First approved in 2011

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Conditions:

Vandetanib, 4-anilinoquinazoline, is an anti-cancer drug that with the potential for use in a broad range of tumour types. In 2011 vandetanib (trade name Caprelsa) was approved by the FDA to treat nonresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic medull...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2007)
First approved in 2007

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Ixabepilone is an antineoplastic agent, epothilone and mitotic inhibitor that is FDA approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer resistant to treatment with an anthracycline and a taxane, or whose cancer i...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2013)
First approved in 2006

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Decitabine was first synthesized by Pliml and Sorm in the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in 1964. Later, the drug was approved by FDA for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes in patients with cancer. Upon admin...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2006)
First approved in 2006

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Dasatinib [BMS 354825] is an orally active, small molecule, dual inhibitor of both SRC and ABL kinases that is under development with Bristol-Myers Squibb for the treatment of patients with chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) and imatinib-acquired re...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2016)
First approved in 2003

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



CRESTOR (rosuvastatin calcium) is an inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase. It has been widely launched for the treatment of patients with dyslipidaemia and has also been approved in the US and EU to slow the progression of atherosclerosis.
Status:
US Approved Rx (2007)
First approved in 1991

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Tenivastatin (well known as simvastatin acid or simvastatin hydroxy acid) is a pharmacologically active metabolite, which is formed in the mammalian organism from lactone prodrug, simvastatin. Tenivastatin is a potent reversible inhibitor of HMGCR (H...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2021)
First approved in 1976

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Prazosin (trade names Minipress, Vasoflex, Lentopres, and Hypovase) is a selective α-1-adrenergic receptor antagonist used to treat hypertension. Prazosin acts by inhibiting the postsynaptic alpha-1-adrenoceptors on vascular smooth muscle. This inhib...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2019)
First approved in 1971

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Alitretinoin, or 9-cis-retinoic acid, is a form of vitamin A. It is also used in medicine as an antineoplastic (anti-cancer) agent developed by Ligand Pharmaceuticals. Alitretinoin (9-cis-retinoic acid) is a naturally-occurring endogenous retinoid in...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1987)
First approved in 1967

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Propranolol is a nonselective, beta-adrenergic receptor-blocking agent possessing no other autonomic nervous system activity. At dosages greater than required for beta blockade, propranolol also exerts a quinidine-like or anesthetic-like membrane act...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Trichostatin A (TSA) was originally isolated as an antifungal antibiotic along with its fermentation congeners trichostatin B ((TSA)3-Fe) and the D-glucopyranosides trichostatin C and D. TSA inhibits HDAC in the low nanomolar range and is an inducer ...