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Nature Biotechnology - 24, 1211 - 1217 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nbt1006-1211

The emerging nanomedicine landscape

Volker Wagner, Anwyn Dullaart, Anne-Katrin Bock & Axel Zweck

 
Table 2 Nanomedicine products on the market
Healthcare applicationaComposition/nanotech componentIndicationCompanyb
Drug delivery
AbelcetAmphotericin B/lipid complexFungal infectionsEnzon (Bridgewater, NJ, USA)
AmphotecAmphotericin B/lipid colloidal dispersionFungal infectionsInterMune (Brisbane, CA, USA)
AmbisomeLiposomal Amphotericin BFungal infectionsGilead (Foster City, CA, USA), Fujisawa (Osaka, Japan)
DaunoXomeLiposomal daunorubicinKaposi sarcomaGilead
Doxil/CaelyxLiposomal doxorubicinCancer, Kaposi sarcomaOrtho Biotech (Bridgewater, NJ, USA); Schering-Plough (Kenilworth, NJ, USA)
DepocytLiposomal cytarabineCancerSkyePharma (London), Enzon
Epaxal BernaVirosomal hepatitis vaccineHepatitis ABerna Biotech (Bern, Switzerland)
Inflexal V BernaVirosomal influenza vaccineInfluenzaBerna Biotech
MyocetLiposomal doxorubicinBreast cancerZeneus Pharma (Oxford, UK)
VisudyneLiposomal verteporfinAge-related macular degenerationQLT (Vancouver, Canada), Novartis (Basel)
EstrasorbEstradiol in micellar nanoparticlesMenopausal therapyNovavax (Malvern, PA, USA)
AdagenPEG-adenosine deaminaseImmunodeficiency diseaseEnzon
NeulastaPEG-G-CSFFebrile neutropeniaAmgen (Thousand Oaks, CA, USA)
OncasparPEG-asparaginaseLeukemiaEnzon
PegasysPEG-alpha-interferon 2aHepatitis CNektar (San Carlos, CA, USA), Hoffmann-La Roche (Basel)
PEG-IntronPEG-alpha-interferon 2bHepatitis CEnzon, Schering-Plough
MacugenPegylated anti-VEGF aptamerAge-related macular degenerationOSI Pharmaceuticals (Melville, NY, USA), Pfizer (New York)
SomavertPEG-HGHAcromegalyNektar, Pfizer
CopaxoneCopolymer of alanine, lysine, glutamic acid and tyrosineMultiple sclerosisTEVA Pharmaceuticals (Petach Tikva, Israel)
RenagelCrosslinked poly(allylamine) resinChronic kidney diseaseGenzyme (Cambridge, MA, USA)
EmendNanocrystalline aprepitantAntiemeticElan Drug Delivery (King of Prussia, PA, USA), Merck & Co. (Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA)
MegaceEScNanocrystalline megesterol acetateEating disordersElan Drug Delivery, Par Pharmaceutical Companies (Woodcliff Lake, NJ, USA)
RapamuneNanocrystalline sirolimusImmunosuppressantElan Drug Delivery, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (Collegeville, PA, USA)
TricorcNanocrystalline fenofibrateLipid regulationElan Drug Delivery, Abbott (Abbott Park, IL, USA)
TriglidecNanocrystalline fenofibrateLipid regulationSkyePharma, First Horizon Pharmaceuticals (Alpharetta, GA, USA)
AbraxanePaclitaxel protein bound nanoparticlesCancerAbraxis BioScience (Schaumburg, IL, USA), AstraZeneca (London)
In vivo imaging
ResovistIron nanoparticlesLiver tumorsSchering (Berlin)
Feridex/EndoremIron nanoparticlesLiver tumorsAdvanced Magnetics (Cambridge, MA, USA), Guerbet (Roissy, France)
Gastromark/LumiremIron nanoparticlesImaging of abdominal structuresAdvanced Magnetics, Guerbet
In vitro diagnostics
Lateral flow testsColloidal goldPregnancy, ovulation, HIV, among othersBritish Biocell (Cardiff, UK), Amersham/GE (Little Chalfont, UK), Nymox (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, USA)
Clinical cell separationMagnetic nanoparticlesImmunodiagnosticsDynal/Invitrogen (Oslo, Norway), Miltenyi Biotec (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), Immunicon (Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA)
Biomaterials
Ceram X duoNanoparticle compositeDental filling materialDentspley (Weybridge, UK)
Filtek SupremeNanoparticle compositeDental filling material3M Espe (Seefeld, Germany)
MondialNanoparticle-containing dental prosthesisDental restorationHeraeus Kulzer (Hanau, Germay)
PremiseNanoparticle compositeDental repairSybron Dental Specialties (Newport Beach, CA, USA)
Tetric EvoCeramNanoparticle compositeDental repairIvoclar Vivadent (Schaan, Liechtenstein)
OstimNano-hydroxyapatiteBone defectsOsartis (Obernburg, Germany)
PerossalNano-hydroxyapatiteBone defectsaap Implantate (Berlin)
VitossNano-hydroxyapatiteBone defectsOrthovita (Malvern, PA, USA)
ActicoatSilver nanoparticlesAntimicrobial wound careNucryst (Wakefield, MA, USA)
Active implants
PacemakerFractal electrodesHeart failureBiotronik (Berlin)
G-CSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; hGH, human growth hormone; PEG, polyethylene glycol; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.
aDefinitions of nanomedicine products considered in each healthcare sector are provided in Box 1.
bIn case the product is developed by an alliance, for example, between a drug delivery company and a pharma company, both companies are listed.
cThese products were not included in the nanomedicine market calculation for 2004, as they entered the market later.
 
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