Month: August 2021
Fosfomycin
Fosfomycin is synthetic derivative of phosphonic acid. It is broad spectrum antibiotic which is produced from organism Streptomyces fradiae. It is also produced synthetically. Fosfomycin was […]
Telavancin
Telavancin is semisynthetic lipoglycopeptide derivative of vancomycin with a hydrophobic side chain attached to vancosamine sugar. It was discovered in 2000 and is first marketed […]
Daptomycin
Daptomycin is cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic which is derived from Streptomyces roseosporus. It was first discovered in early 1980s by scientists of Eli Lillly. Early work on […]
Fexofenadine
Fexofenadine is second generation, selective, non-sedating histamine (H1) receptor antagonist. Chemically, it belongs to piperidine class. It is metabolite of terfenadine. It was approved for […]
Cetirizine
Cetirizine is one of the first second- generation, selective histamine (H1) receptor antagonist. It is derived from first generation antihistaminic drug, hydroxyzine. Cetirizine is a […]
Febuxostat
Febuxostat belongs to class of drug called xanthine oxidase inhibitors which are used in treatment of hyperuricemia and gout. It is non- purine xanthine oxidase […]
Allopurinol
Allopurinol is xanthine oxidase inhibitor used in treating gout. Chemically, it is 4-hydroxy-pyrazolo 3, 4 d-pyrimidine. It is an analogue of hypoxanthine. It was approved […]
Lamivudine
Lamivudine is nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTIs) and is active against HIV1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1), HIV2 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus 2) and HBV (Hepatitis B […]