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  2. Drug class - Wikipedia

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    In several major drug classification systems, these four types of classifications are organized into a hierarchy. [4] For example, fibrates are a chemical class of drugs (amphipathic carboxylic acids) that share the same mechanism of action ( PPAR agonist ), the same mode of action (reducing blood triglyceride levels), and are used to prevent ...

  3. Biopharmaceutics Classification System - Wikipedia

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    The drugs are classified in BCS on the basis of solubility and permeability. Solubility class boundaries are based on the highest dose strength of an immediate release product. A drug is considered highly soluble when the highest dose strength is soluble in 250 ml or less of aqueous media over the pH range of 1 to 6.8.

  4. Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System

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    The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System is a drug classification system that classifies the active ingredients of drugs according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, pharmacological and chemical properties. Its purpose is an aid to monitor drug use and for research to improve

  5. Drug nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    Drug nomenclature is the systematic naming of drugs, especially pharmaceutical drugs.In the majority of circumstances, drugs have 3 types of names: chemical names, the most important of which is the IUPAC name; generic or nonproprietary names, the most important of which are international nonproprietary names (INNs); and trade names, which are brand names. [1]

  6. List of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies - Wikipedia

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    This list of over 500 monoclonal antibodies includes approved and investigational drugs as well as drugs that have been withdrawn from market; consequently, the column Use does not necessarily indicate clinical usage. See the list of FDA-approved therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in the monoclonal antibody therapy page.

  7. The twenty drugs to be made class A by the government - AOL

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    The ban will see 15 new dangerous synthetic opioids and five other drugs become Class A drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Currently possession of Class A drugs carries a sentence of up to ...

  8. List of Schedule II controlled substances (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions. Abuse of the drug or other substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.

  9. The popular weight-loss drug Zepbound can now be used to ...

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    The FDA on Friday approved Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug Zepbound as a ... Along with Novo Nordisk's GLP-1 drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, this class of medications has become wildly popular as weight ...