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Mesalamine
Apriso, Canasa, Lialda, Mesalamine, Pentasa, Rowasa, Sfrowasa (mesalamine) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Mesalamine was first approved as Rowasa on 1987-12-24. It is used to treat proctitis, sigmoid diseases, and ulcerative colitis in the USA.
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digestive system diseasesD004066
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Apriso, Canasa, Lialda, Mesalamine, Pentasa, Sfrowasa (discontinued: Asacol, Canasa, Delzicol, Mesalamine, Rowasa)
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Mesalamine
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CANASAAbbVieN-021252 RX2004-11-05
1 products, RLD, RS
ROWASAMylanN-019618 RX1987-12-24
1 products, RLD, RS
SFROWASAMylanN-019618 RX2008-06-20
1 products, RLD
APRISOSalix PharmaceuticalsN-022301 RX2008-10-31
1 products, RLD, RS
LIALDATakedaN-022000 RX2007-01-16
1 products, RLD, RS
PENTASATakedaN-020049 RX1993-05-10
2 products, RLD
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aprisoNew Drug Application2024-01-09
asacolNew Drug Application2014-03-07
canasaNew Drug Application2024-09-04
delzicolNew Drug Application2025-01-06
lialdaNew Drug Application2023-10-24
mesalamineANDA2025-01-10
mesalamine rectalANDA2023-12-15
pentasaNew Drug Application2025-01-15
rowasaNew Drug Application2024-07-15
sfrowasaNew Drug Application2024-07-24
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MESALAMINE, LIALDA, TAKEDA PHARMS USA
2023-06-26NPP
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Mesalamine, Apriso, Valeant Pharms Intl
88656882030-05-01U-1310
Mesalamine, Canasa, Abbvie
82170832028-06-06DP
84360512028-06-06DP
Mesalamine, Rowasa, Mylan Speciality Lp
76458012027-07-24DS, DP
ATC Codes
A: Alimentary tract and metabolism drugs
— A07: Antidiarrheals, intestinal antiinflammatory/antiinfective agents
— A07E: Intestinal antiinflammatory agents
— A07EC: Aminosalicylic acid and similar agents
— A07EC02: Mesalazine
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Ulcerative colitisD003093EFO_0000729K51——1——1
ColitisD003092EFO_0003872K52.9——1——1
UlcerD014456MPATH_579———1——1
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Drug common nameMesalamine
INNmesalazine
Description
Mesalamine is a monohydroxybenzoic acid that is salicylic acid substituted by an amino group at the 5-position. It has a role as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. It is an aromatic amine, an amino acid, a member of phenols, a monocarboxylic acid and a monohydroxybenzoic acid. It is functionally related to a salicylic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a mesalaminate(1-).
Classification
Small molecule
Drug classanti-inflammatory agents (salicylic acid derivatives)
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)
Nc1ccc(O)c(C(=O)O)c1
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CAS-ID89-57-6
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ChEMBL IDCHEMBL704
ChEBI ID6775
PubChem CID4075
DrugBankDB00244
UNII ID4Q81I59GXC (ChemIDplus, GSRS)
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Canasa – Allergan
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Lialda – Shire
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Pentasa – Shire
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Asacol – Allergan
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