Introduction Guide to Biotechnology - Biomolecular Engineering Lab
Introduction Guide to Biotechnology - Biomolecular Engineering Lab
Introduction Guide to Biotechnology - Biomolecular Engineering Lab
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Approved <strong>Biotechnology</strong> Drugs<br />
(Bold text indicates recombinant and monoclonal antibody products.)<br />
Note: This list includes biologics developed by biotechnology companies and pharmaceutical companies, as well as small-molecule products developed by biotechnology<br />
companies, and other selected small-molecule or tissue-engineered products. This list covers approvals and new indications from 1982 through 2005.<br />
Selected 2006 approvals (through Oct. 31) are also included. Please check bio.org in early 2007 for a complete list of 2006 approvals.<br />
Product Company Application (use)<br />
Approval<br />
Date (FDA)<br />
Abelcet ®<br />
(liposomal formulation of<br />
anphotericin B)<br />
Enzon<br />
Treatment of invasive fungal infections in<br />
patients who are refrac<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>to</strong> or in<strong>to</strong>lerant of<br />
conventional amphotericin B<br />
Nov 1995<br />
Abraxane <br />
(paclitaxel, first-in-class<br />
protein bound particle)<br />
Abreva <br />
(docosanol)<br />
American Pharmaceutical<br />
Partners Inc.<br />
AVANIR Pharmaceuticals and<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.<br />
Treats breast cancer after failure of combination<br />
therapy for metastatic disease or relapse within six<br />
months of adjuvant chemotherapy<br />
Topical treatment of recurrent cold sores (herpes<br />
simplex infection)<br />
Jan 2005<br />
Jul 2000<br />
Actimmune ®<br />
(interferon gamma-1b)<br />
InterMune<br />
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.<br />
Treatment of chronic granuloma<strong>to</strong>us disease;<br />
treatment of severe, malignant osteopetrosis<br />
Dec 1990<br />
Feb 2000<br />
Activase ® /Cathflo ®<br />
Activase ®<br />
(alteplase; tissue<br />
plasminogen activa<strong>to</strong>r)<br />
Genentech, Inc.<br />
Treatment of acute myocardial infarction; acute<br />
massive pulmonary embolism; acute ischemic<br />
stroke within first three hours of symp<strong>to</strong>m onset;<br />
dissolution of clots in central venous access<br />
devices (Cathflo ® Activase ® )<br />
Nov 1987<br />
Jun 1990<br />
Jun 1996<br />
Sep 2001<br />
45<br />
AcuTect <br />
(technetium Tc-99 apcitide)<br />
Berlex <strong>Lab</strong>ora<strong>to</strong>ries Imaging agent for deep-vein thrombosis Sept 1998<br />
Adacel <br />
(tetanus <strong>to</strong>xoid, reduced<br />
diphtheria <strong>to</strong>xoid and<br />
acellular pertussis vaccine,<br />
absorbed)<br />
Aventis Pasteur Limited<br />
Booster immunization against tetanus, diphtheria<br />
and pertussis as a single dose in individuals 11<br />
through 64 years of age<br />
Jun 2005<br />
Adagen ®<br />
(adenosine deaminase)<br />
Enzon, Inc.<br />
Treatment of severe combined immunodeficiency<br />
disease (SCID)<br />
Mar 1990<br />
ADVATE<br />
(recombinant clotting<br />
fac<strong>to</strong>r)<br />
Baxter Healthcare Corp. Hemophilia A Jul 2003<br />
Agenerase ®<br />
(amprenavir)<br />
Vertex Pharmaceuticals and<br />
GlaxoSmithKline<br />
HIV Apr 1999<br />
Albutein ®<br />
(human albumin)<br />
Alpha Therapeutic Corp.<br />
Treatment of hypovolmeic shock; an adjunct in<br />
hemodialysis; used in cardiopulmonary bypass<br />
procedures<br />
Jan 1986<br />
Aldurazyme ®<br />
(laronidase)<br />
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. and<br />
Genzyme<br />
Mucopolysaccharidosis-1 Apr 2003<br />
Alferon N ®<br />
(interferon alfa-N3, human<br />
leukocyte derived)<br />
Interferon Sciences, Inc. Treatment of genital warts Oct 1989<br />
Aloxi<br />
(palonosetron HCl)<br />
MGI Pharma Inc. and Helsinn<br />
Healthcare SA<br />
Prevention of acute nausea and vomiting in<br />
chemotherapy<br />
Jul 2003<br />
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