NDAORALTABLETPriority Review
Approved
Nov 1967
Lifecycle
LOE Approaching
Competitive Pressure
30/100
Data completeness
4/8 — Partial
Priority Review
MYAMBUTOL (ethambutol hydrochloride) by Bayer is clinical pharmacology ethambutol hcl, following a single oral dose of 25 mg/kg of body weight, attains a peak of 2 to 5 mcg/ml in serum 2 to 4 hours after administration. Approved for pulmonary tuberculosis. First approved in 1967.
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AI summarySynthesized from FDA + DailyMed + ClinicalTrials.gov data
Myambutol (ethambutol hydrochloride) is an oral small-molecule antimycobacterial agent approved in 1967 for pulmonary tuberculosis. It works by inhibiting mycobacterial cell metabolism and blocking the synthesis of key metabolites, leading to arrest of multiplication and cell death in actively growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The drug is typically used as part of combination therapy to prevent resistance to other antituberculous agents like isoniazid.
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CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY ETHAMBUTOL HCL, following a single oral dose of 25 mg/kg of body weight, attains a peak of 2 to 5 mcg/mL in serum 2 to 4 hours after administration. When the drug is administered daily for longer periods of time at this dose, serum levels are similar. The serum level of…
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Data Sources
- Drug label: DailyMed / FDA
- Clinical trials: ClinicalTrials.gov
- Patent data: FDA Orange Book
- Spending data: CMS Medicare
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