Midostaurin is a multiple kinase inhibitor, which interferes with cellular signal transduction pathways. While the drug exhibits efficacy against a number of kinases, its efficacy against FLT3 is of particular relevance to AML.
Ketek (telithromycin; Sanofi) is an oral semisynthetic antibacterial agent of the ketolide class. The drug, which is the first ketolide to gain regulatory approval for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia, is structurally related to the macrolide class of antibiotics.
Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine; ImmunoGen/Roche/Chugai) is a human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), which contains the humanized anti-HER2 immunoglobulin G1 Herceptin.
Cubicin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibacterial that has a unique mechanism of action. It causes rapid depolarization of the bacterial cell membrane potential upon binding to the membrane.
Recentin (cediranib; AstraZeneca) is a small molecule inhibitor of all three vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR-1, -2, -3) tyrosine kinases.
Actemra (tocilizumab; Roche/Chugai), known as RoActemra in Europe, is a first-in-class humanized interleukin-6 receptor monoclonal antibody.
Ganetespib, under development by Synta, is a small molecule inhibitor of HSP90. HSP90 is a chaperone protein required to drive growth, proliferation, and cell survival in tumor tissue.
F/TAF (emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate [TAF]; Gilead) is a fixed-dose combination of two of Gilead’s nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, Emtriva (emtricitabine) and GS-7340 (TAF).
In 1995, GlaxoSmithKline’s Flolan (epoprostenol) became the first therapy to be specifically approved for the orphan disease of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Factive (gemifloxacin mesylate; Vansen Pharma) is an oral synthetic broad-spectrum antibacterial agent related to the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics.
This product profile relates to the mesalamine franchise that covers Delzicol (mesalamine; Actavis), Asacol (mesalamine; Zeria/Kyowa Hakko Kirin), and Asacol HD (mesalamine; Actavis/Zeria)…
Delafloxacin is a novel broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone that prevents bacterial DNA synthesis through its equal inhibitory effect against the enzymes topoisomerase II (DNA gyrase) and IV.
D/C/F/TAF is a once-daily single-tablet regimen (STR) combination of the protease inhibitor (PI) Prezista (darunavir; Johnson & Johnson), the two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors…
Dalvance is a second-generation, semi-synthetic lipoglycopeptide antibacterial compound of the same class as vancomycin. The drug inhibits the formation of, and disrupts the integrity of…
Idalopirdine (Lundbeck/Otsuka) is an active, potent, and selective oral 5-hydroxytryptamine-6 receptor antagonist.
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