1999 FDA Drug Approvals
Generic Name
Brand Name
Manufacturer
Indication
Preparation Type
Class
Alitretinoin Panretin Ligand Kaposi's sarcoma Topical Retinoin Aminolevulinic Acid Levulan Guidelines Inc Actinic keratoses Solution Blue light radiation adjunct Amprenavir Agenerase Glaxo Wellcome HIV Oral Protease inhibitor antiviral ASA/Dipyridamole Aggrenox Boeringher-Ingelheim Reduce risk of stroke Oral Salicylate/Platelet aggregation inhibitor Bexarotene Targretin Ligand Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma Oral Retinoid receptor agonist Caffeine Citrate Cafcit Roxane/Oread Pediatric Apnea in premature neonates Parenteral Caffeine Ciclopirox Penlac Aventis Pharma Nail fungal infections Topical Antifungal Cilostazol Pletal Otsuka America & Pharmacia Intermittent claudication Oral Phosphodiesterase III inhibitor Dexmedetomidine Precedex Abbott ICU sedative Parenteral Alpha-2 agonist Dofetilide Tikosyn Pfizer Atrial fibrillarion Oral Class III antiarrhythmic Doxercalciferol Hectorol Bone Care International Hyperparathyroidism in dialysis Parenteral Synthetic vitamin D Entacapone Comtan Orion Parkinson's disease Oral Levodopa/carbidopa adjunct Epirubicin Ellence Pharmacia & Upjohn Breast cancer Parenteral Antineoplastic Exemestane Aromasin Pharmacia & Upjohn Advanced breast cancer (postmenopausal) Oral Antineoplastic Ferric gluconate complex Ferrlecit Iron deficiency anemia Makoff & Schein Parenteral Iron supplement Gadoversetamide Optimark Mallinckrodt Liver imaging Parenteral MRI Enhaner Ganirelix Antagon Organon Ovarian hyperstimulation LH surges Parenteral Gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonist Gatifloxacin Tequin Bristol Myer Squibb Bacterial infections Oral/Parenteral Fluroquinolone Ketotifen Zaditor Ciba Vision Allergic conjunctivitis Ocular Antihistamine Levalbuterol Xopenox Sepracor Bronchospasm prevention Inhalation Albuterol isomer Levetiractem Keppra UCB Pharma Partial onset seizures Oral Anticonvulsant Levobupivacaine Chirocaine Darwin Discovery Anesthesia and pain management Parenteral Anesthestic Lidocaine Lidoderm Hind Health Care Post-herpetic neuralgia Transdermal Analgesic Miglitol Glyset Pharmacia & Upjohn Non-insulin dependent diabetes Oral Hypoglycemic agent Moxifloxacin Avelox Bayer Bacterial infections Oral Fluoroquinolone Nitric oxide Inomax Ino Therapeutics Hypoxic respiratory failure (neonatal) Inhalation Gas Orlistat Xenical Roche Obesity Oral Lipase inhibitor Oseltamivir Tamiflu Hoffman La Roche Influenza treatment:symptom onset <48 hrs Oral Antiviral Pantoprazole Protonix Wyeth Ayerst Gastric ulcers Oral Proton pump inhibitor Pemirolast Alamast Santen Allergic conjunctivitis Ocular Mast cell stabilizer Pioglitazone Actos Takeda and Lilly Type 2 diabetes Oral Thiazolidinedione hypoglycemic Poractant Alfa Curosurf Dey Labs Respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants Intratracheal Lung surfactant Quinupristin/dalfopristin Synericid Rhone-Poulenc Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus Parenteral Antibiotic Rabeprazole Aciphex Eisai and Janssen GERD, Duodenal ulcer Oral Proton pump inihibitor Rapacuronium Raplon Organon General anesthesia adjunct Parenteral Skeletal muscle relaxant Rofecoxib Vioxx Merck Osteoarhtirtis, acute pain Oral Cox-2 inhibitor NSAID Rosiglitazone Avandia Smith Kline Beecham Type 2 diabetes Oral Thiazolidinedione hypoglycemic Sirolimus Rapamune Wyeth-Ayerst Prevent organ rejection Parenteral Immunosuppressant Technetium Tcc99m depreotide NeoTect Diatide & Nycomed Pulmonary imaging Parenteral Imaging agent Temozolomide Temodar Schering-Plough Refractory anaplastic astrocytoma Oral Antineoplastic Zaleplon Sonata Wyeth-Ayerst Insomnia Oral Hypnotic Zanamivir Relenza Glaxo Wellcome Influenza A and B treatment Inhaled Neuraminidase inhibitor
Prepared by Joyce Generali, Drug Information Center 1-5-2000