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Pyrimethamine
Daraprim, Fansidar (pyrimethamine) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Pyrimethamine was first approved as Daraprim on 1982-01-01. It is used to treat aids-related opportunistic infections, falciparum malaria, malaria, and toxoplasmosis in the USA. It is known to target multidrug and toxin extrusion protein 1 and multidrug and toxin extrusion protein 2.
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Therapeutic Areas
Therapeutic Area
MeSH
infectionsD007239
immune system diseasesD007154
Trade Name
FDA
EMA
Daraprim (generic drugs available since 2020-02-28)
Drug Products
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New Drug Application (NDA)
New Drug Application (NDA)
Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
Pyrimethamine
Tradename
Company
Number
Date
Products
DARAPRIMVyera PharmaceuticalsN-008578 RX1982-01-01
1 products, RLD, RS
Pyrimethamine
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Sulfadoxine
Tradename
Company
Number
Date
Products
FANSIDARRocheN-018557 DISCN1982-01-01
1 products
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Brand Name
Status
Last Update
daraprimNew Drug Application2017-08-31
Indications
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Indication
Ontology
MeSH
ICD-10
aids-related opportunistic infectionsD017088
falciparum malariaEFO_0007444D016778B50
malariaEFO_0001068D008288B54
toxoplasmosisEFO_0007517D014123B58
Agency Specific
FDA
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Patent Expiration
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ATC Codes
P: Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents
P01: Antiprotozoals
P01B: Antimalarials
P01BD: Diaminopyrimidines, antimalarials
P01BD01: Pyrimethamine
P01BD51: Pyrimethamine, combinations
P01BF: Artemisinin and derivatives, combinations
P01BF04: Artesunate, sulfalene and pyrimethamine
P01BF09: Artesunate, sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine
HCPCS
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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
Epidemiological information for investigational and approved indications
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Drug
General
Drug common namePYRIMETHAMINE
INNpyrimethamine
Description
Pyrimethamine is an aminopyrimidine that is pyrimidine-2,4-diamine which is substituted at position 5 by a p-chlorophenyl group and at position 6 by an ethyl group. It is a folic acid antagonist used as an antimalarial or with a sulfonamide to treat toxoplasmosis. It has a role as an antimalarial, an EC 1.5.1.3 (dihydrofolate reductase) inhibitor and an antiprotozoal drug. It is an aminopyrimidine and a member of monochlorobenzenes.
Classification
Small molecule
Drug class
Image (chem structure or protein)
Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)
CCc1nc(N)nc(N)c1-c1ccc(Cl)cc1
Identifiers
PDB7OPJ
CAS-ID58-14-0
RxCUI9010
ChEMBL IDCHEMBL36
ChEBI ID8673
PubChem CID4993
DrugBankDB00205
UNII IDZ3614QOX8W (ChemIDplus, GSRS)
Target
Agency Approved
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Alternate
SLC47A1
SLC47A1
SLC47A2
SLC47A2
Organism
Homo sapiens
Gene name
SLC47A1
Gene synonyms
MATE1
NCBI Gene ID
Protein name
multidrug and toxin extrusion protein 1
Protein synonyms
hMATE-1, MATE-1, multidrug and toxin extrusion 1, solute carrier family 47 (multidrug and toxin extrusion), member 1, Solute carrier family 47 member 1
Uniprot ID
Mouse ortholog
Variants
Clinical Variant
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Financial
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Trends
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Safety
Black-box Warning
No Black-box warning
Adverse Events
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147 adverse events reported
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