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  2. Approved drug - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the FDA approves drugs. Before a drug can be prescribed, it must undergo the FDA's approval process. Before a drug can be prescribed, it must undergo the FDA's approval process. While a drug can feasibly be used off-label (for non-approved indications), it still is required to be approved for a specific disease or medical ...

  3. Glycopeptide antibiotic - Wikipedia

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    Glycopeptide antibiotics are a class of drugs of microbial origin that are composed of glycosylated cyclic or polycyclic nonribosomal peptides.Significant glycopeptide antibiotics include the anti-infective antibiotics vancomycin, teicoplanin, telavancin, ramoplanin, avoparcin and decaplanin, corbomycin, complestatin and the antitumor antibiotic bleomycin.

  4. List of withdrawn drugs - Wikipedia

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    Withdrawn from US in 2005 due to hepatotoxicity. [41] [3] Pentobarbital: 1980 Norway Risk of fatal overdose. [3] Pentylenetetrazol: 1982 US Withdrawn for inability to produce effective convulsive therapy, and for causing seizures. Pergolide (Permax) 2007 US Risk for heart valve damage. [2] Perhexiline: 1985 UK, Spain Neurologic and hepatic ...

  5. Ceftobiprole - Wikipedia

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    Ceftobiprole has shown in vitro antimicrobial activity against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens. Among the Gram-positive pathogens, ceftobiprole has demonstrated good in vitro activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci, as well as against strains of methicillin ...

  6. FDA-approved drug for ulcerative colitis also effective for ...

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    A drug that has already gained FDA approval for the treatment of ulcerative colitis is also effective in the treatment of Crohn’s, new data suggest. ... “Inflammation due to the overactivation ...

  7. Generally recognized as safe and effective - Wikipedia

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    "Safe and effective" is always conditional on following the directions. For example, aspirin can be lethal when taken in large amounts but is approved to be GRAS/E by FDA for over-the-counter use as directed. FDA has acknowledged the possible existence of drugs that could be considered GRAS/E that they have not found to be GRAS/E yet.

  8. Verrica's drug gets US nod as first treatment for a type of ...

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    (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc's treatment of a viral skin infection in adults and children aged 2 years and above, the company said on ...

  9. US FDA approves first at-home syphilis test - AOL

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    Developed by privately held NOWDiagnostics, the antibody test helps identify current or past infection and provides a result in about 15 minutes. However, the regulator added that the results from ...