No. | Drug Name | Active Ingredient | Date | What it’s used for |
28. | Fycompa | perampanel | 10/22/12 | To treat partial onset seizures in patients with epilepsy ages 12 years and older.
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27. | Jetrea | ocriplasmin | 10/18/12 | To treat an eye condition called symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA).
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26. | Stivarga | regorafenib | 9/27/12 | To treat patients with colorectal cancer that has progressed after treatment and spread to other parts of the body (metastatic).
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25. | Choline C 11 Injection | Choline C 11 Injection | 9/12/12 | A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging agent used to help detect recurrent prostate cancer.
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24. | Aubagio | teriflunomide | 9/12/12 | For the treatment of adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS).
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23. | Bosulif | bosutinib | 9/4/12 | To treat chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), a blood and bone marrow disease that usually affects older adults.
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22. | Xtandi | enzalutamide | 8/31/12 | To treat men with late-stage (metastatic) castration-resistant prostate cancer that has spread or recurred, even with medical or surgical therapy to minimize testosterone.
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21. | Linzess | linaclotide | 8/30/12 | To treat chronic idiopathic constipation and to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) in adults.
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20. | Neutroval | tbo-filgrastim | 8/29/12 | To reduce the time certain patients receiving cancer chemotherapy experience severe neutropenia, a decrease in infection-fighting white blood cells called neutrophils.
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19. | Stribild | elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate | 8/27/12 | A once-a-day combination pill to treat HIV-1 infection in adults who have never been treated for HIV infection.
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18. | Zaltrap | ziv-aflibercept | 8/3/12 | For use in combination with a FOLFIRI (folinic acid, fluorouracil and irinotecan) chemotherapy regimen to treat adults with colorectal cancer.
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17. | Tudorza Pressair | aclidinium bromide | 7/23/12 | For the long-term maintenance treatment of bronchospasm associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
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16. | Kyprolis | carfilzomib | 7/20/12 | To treat patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least two prior therapies, including treatment with Velcade (bortezomib) and an immunomodulatory.
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15. | Prepopik | sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide and citric acid | 7/17/12 | To help cleanse the colon in adults preparing for colonoscopy.
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14. | Myrbetriq | mirabegron | 6/28/12 | |
13. | Belviq | lorcaserin hydrochloride | 6/27/12 | |
12. | Perjeta | pertuzumab | 6/8/12 | To treat patients with HER2-positive late-stage (metastatic) breast cancer.
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11. | Elelyso | taliglucerase alfa | 5/1/12 | For long-term enzyme replacement therapy to treat a form of Gaucher disease, a rare genetic disorder
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10. | Stendra | avanafil | 4/27/12 | |
9. | Amyvid | Florbetapir F 18 | 4/6/12 | Used as a radioactive diagnostic agent for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging of the brain to estimate β-amyloid neuritic plaque density in adult patients with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and other causes of cognitive decline. |
8. | Omontys | peginesatide | 3/27/12 | To treat anemia, a condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells, in adult dialysis patients who have chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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7. | Surfaxin | lucinactant | 3/6/12 | For the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), a breathing disorder that affects premature infants.
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6. | Zioptan | tafluprost | 2/10/12 | For reducing elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
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5. | Kalydeco | ivacaftor | 1/31/12 | For the treatment of a rare form of cystic fibrosis (CF) in patients ages 6 years and older who have the specific G551D mutation in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator (CFTR) gene.
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4. | Erivedge | vismodegib | 1/30/12 | To treat adult patients with basal cell carcinoma, the most common type of skin cancer.
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3. | Inlyta | axitinib | 1/27/12 | To treat patients with advanced kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) who have not responded to another drug for this type of cancer.
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2. | Picato | ingenol mebutate | 1/23/12 | For the topical treatment of actinic keratosis. |
1. | Voraxaze | glucarpidase | 1/17/12 | To treat patients with toxic levels of methotrexate in their blood due to kidney failure.
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