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Chloramphenicol
Chlorofair, Chloromycetin, Chloromyxin, Chloroptic, Chloroptic-p, Econochlor, Mychel-s, Ophthochlor, Ophthocort, Optomycin (chloramphenicol) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Chloramphenicol was first approved as Chloroptic on 1982-01-01. It is used to treat bacterial eye infections, bacterial infections, bacteroides infections, haemophilus infections, and meningococcal meningitis amongst others in the USA. It is known to target HTH-type transcriptional regulator TtgR.
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Therapeutic Areas
Therapeutic Area
MeSH
infectionsD007239
otorhinolaryngologic diseasesD010038
nervous system diseasesD009422
eye diseasesD005128
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Drug Products
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Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
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Chloramphenicol
Tradename
Company
Number
Date
Products
CHLOROPTICAllerganN-050091 DISCN1982-01-01
1 products
CHLOROMYCETINPfizerN-050153 DISCN1982-01-01
1 products
CHLOROMYCETINPfizerN-050183 DISCN1982-01-01
1 products
CHLOROMYCETINParkedale PharmaceuticalsN-050143 DISCN1982-01-01
1 products
CHLOROMYCETINParkedale PharmaceuticalsN-050156 DISCN1982-01-01
1 products
CHLOROMYCETINParkedale PharmaceuticalsN-050205 DISCN1982-01-01
1 products
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Chloramphenicol
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Hydrocortisone acetate
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Company
Number
Date
Products
CHLOROMYCETIN HYDROCORTISONEParkedale PharmaceuticalsN-050202 DISCN1982-01-01
1 products
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Chloramphenicol
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Hydrocortisone acetate
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Polymyxin b sulfate
Tradename
Company
Number
Date
Products
OPHTHOCORTParkedale PharmaceuticalsN-050201 DISCN1982-01-01
1 products
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Chloramphenicol
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Polymyxin b sulfate
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CHLOROMYXINPfizerN-050203 DISCN1982-01-01
1 products
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Chloramphenicol sodium succinate
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Company
Number
Date
Products
CHLOROMYCETINParkedale PharmaceuticalsN-050155 DISCN1982-01-01
1 products, RLD
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Indications
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Indication
Ontology
MeSH
ICD-10
bacterial eye infections—D015818—
bacterial infections—D001424A49
bacteroides infectionsEFO_1000832D001442—
haemophilus infectionsEFO_1001127D006192—
meningococcal meningitisEFO_1001040D008585A39.0
otitis externaEFO_0009560D010032H60
rickettsia infectionsEFO_1001162D012282A75-A79
salmonella infectionsEFO_1001418D012480A02.9
streptococcal infectionsEFO_1001476D013290—
Agency Specific
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Patent Expiration
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ATC Codes
D: Dermatologicals
— D06: Antibiotics and chemotherapeutics for dermatological use
— D06A: Antibiotics for topical use
— D06AX: Other antibiotics for topical use in atc
— D06AX02: Chloramphenicol
— D10: Anti-acne preparations
— D10A: Anti-acne preparations for topical use
— D10AF: Antiinfectives for treatment of acne
— D10AF03: Chloramphenicol
G: Genito urinary system and sex hormones
— G01: Gynecological antiinfectives and antiseptics
— G01A: Antiinfectives and antiseptics, excl. combinations with corticosteroids
— G01AA: Antibiotics, gynecological
— G01AA05: Chloramphenicol
J: Antiinfectives for systemic use
— J01: Antibacterials for systemic use
— J01B: Amphenicols
— J01BA: Amphenicol antibacterials, systemic
— J01BA01: Chloramphenicol
S: Sensory organ drugs
— S01: Ophthalmologicals
— S01A: Antiinfective ophthalmologics
— S01AA: Antibiotics, ophthalmologic
— S01AA01: Chloramphenicol
— S02: Otologicals
— S02A: Antiinfective drugs, otologic
— S02AA: Antiinfectives
— S02AA01: Chloramphenicol
— S03: Ophthalmological and otological preparations
— S03A: Antiinfectives, ophthalmologic and otologic
— S03AA: Antiinfectives
— S03AA08: Chloramphenicol
HCPCS
Code
Description
J0720
Injection, chloramphenicol sodium succinate, up to 1 gm
Clinical
Indications Phases 4
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Indications Phases 3
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Indications Phases 2
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Indications Phases 1
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Indications Without Phase
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Epidemiology
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Drug
General
Drug common nameCHLORAMPHENICOL
INNchloramphenicol
Description
Chloramphenicol is an organochlorine compound that is dichloro-substituted acetamide containing a nitrobenzene ring, an amide bond and two alcohol functions. It has a role as an antimicrobial agent, an antibacterial drug, a protein synthesis inhibitor, an Escherichia coli metabolite, a Mycoplasma genitalium metabolite and a geroprotector. It is an organochlorine compound, a diol, a C-nitro compound and a carboxamide.
Classification
Small molecule
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)
O=C(N[C@H](CO)[C@H](O)c1ccc([N+](=O)[O-])cc1)C(Cl)Cl
Identifiers
PDB2UXP
CAS-ID56-75-7
RxCUI2348
ChEMBL IDCHEMBL130
ChEBI ID17698
PubChem CID5959
DrugBankDB00446
UNII ID66974FR9Q1 (ChemIDplus, GSRS)
Target
Agency Approved
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Alternate
ttgR
ttgR
Organism
Pseudomonas putida (strain DOT-T1E)
Gene name
ttgR
Gene synonyms
NCBI Gene ID
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Protein name
HTH-type transcriptional regulator TtgR
Protein synonyms
Toluene efflux pump ttgABC operon repressor
Uniprot ID
Mouse ortholog
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Variants
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Trends
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Safety
Black-box Warning
No Black-box warning
Adverse Events
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0 adverse events reported
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