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Status:
US Approved Rx (2014)
First approved in 1982

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Acyclovir is a synthetic antiviral nucleoside analogue. A screening program for antiviral drugs begun at Burroughs Wellcome in the 1960s resulted in the discovery of acyclovir in 1974. Preclinical investigation brought the drug to clinical trials in ...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2005)
First approved in 1976

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Vidarabine or 9-β-D-arabinofuranosyladenine (ara-A, trade name Vira-A) is a synthetic purine nucleoside analog with in vitro and in vivo inhibitory activity against herpes simplex virus types 1 (HSV-1), 2 (HSV-2), and varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Th...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1990)
First approved in 1969

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Cytarabine is a pyrimidine nucleoside analog. Cytarabine or cytosine arabinoside (Cytosar-U or Depocyt) is a chemotherapy agent used mainly in the treatment of cancers of white blood cells such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1999)
First approved in 1968

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Azathioprine remains one of the most important and widely prescribed drugs for immunosuppression/immunomodulation in autoimmune disease over 30 years after its introduction. Azathioprine is licensed for the treatment of only a limited range of autoim...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2017)
First approved in 1962

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Tegafur (INN, BAN, USAN) is a chemotherapeutic fluorouracil prodrug used in the treatment of cancers. It is a component of the combination drugs tegafur/uracil and tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil. UFT is an anticancer medication composed of a fixed molar ...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2014)
First approved in 1953

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Mercaptopurine, marketed under the brand name Purinethol among others, is a medication used for cancer and autoimmune diseases. Mercaptopurine competes with hypoxanthine and guanine for the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2007)
First approved in 1953

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Methotrexate is an antineoplastic anti-metabolite. Anti-metabolites masquerade as purine or pyrimidine - which become the building blocks of DNA. They prevent these substances becoming incorporated in to DNA during the "S" phase (of the cell cycle), ...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2000)
First approved in 1952

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (EPIMERIC)



Leucovorin is a compound similar to folic acid, which is a necessary vitamin. It has been around and in use for many decades. Leucovorin is a medication frequently used in combination with the chemotherapy drugs fluoruracil and methotrexate. Leucov...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2000)
First approved in 1952

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (EPIMERIC)



Leucovorin is a compound similar to folic acid, which is a necessary vitamin. It has been around and in use for many decades. Leucovorin is a medication frequently used in combination with the chemotherapy drugs fluoruracil and methotrexate. Leucov...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2018)
First approved in 1952

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Levoleucovorin is the pharmacologically active isomer of leucovorin or 5-formyl tetrahydrofolic acid, a folate analog . Levoleucovorin does not require reduction by the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase in order to participate in reactions utilizing fol...

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