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Generic Name: Respiratory syncytial virus immune globulin (Human)
Trade Name: Respigam
Indication: Prophylaxis of respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children at high risk of RSV disease.

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Generic Name: Rho (D) immune globulin intravenous (human)
Trade Name: WinRho SD
Indication: Treatment of immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

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Generic Name: Rifabutin
Trade Name: Mycobutin
Indication: Prevention of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex disease in patients with advanced HIV infection.

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Generic Name: Rifampin
Trade Name: Rifadin I.V.
Indication: For antituberculosis treatment where use of the oral form of the drug is not feasible.

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Generic Name: Rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide
Trade Name: Rifater
Indication: For the short-course treatment of tuberculosis.

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Generic Name: Rifapentine
Trade Name: Priftin
Indication: Treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.

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Generic Name: Riluzole
Trade Name: Rilutek
Indication: Treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Generic Name: Rituximab
Trade Name: Rituxan
Indication: Treatment of non-Hodgkin's B-cell lymphoma.

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Generic Name: Sacrosidase
Trade Name: Sucraid
Indication: Treatment of congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency.

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Generic Name: Sargramostim
Trade Name: Leukine
Indication: Treatment of neutropenia associated with bone marrow transplant, for the treatment of graft failure and delay of engraftment, and for the promotion of early engraftment.

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Generic Name: Sargramostim
Trade Name: Leukine
Indication: To reduce neutropenia and leukopenia and decrease the incidence of death due to infection in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia.

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Generic Name: Satumomab pendetide
Trade Name: Oncoscint CR/OV
Indication: Detection of ovarian carcinoma.

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Generic Name: Selegiline HCl
Trade Name: Eldepryl
Indication: As an adjuvant to levodopa and carbidopa treatment of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (paralysis agitans), postencephalitic Parkinsonism, and symptomatic Parkinsonism.

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Generic Name: Sermorelin acetate
Trade Name: Geref
Indication: Treatment of idiopathic or organic growth hormone deficiency in children with growth failure.

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Generic Name: sodium phenylbutyrate
Trade Name: Buphenyl
Indication: Treatment of urea cycle disorders: carbamylphosphate synthetase deficiency, ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, and arginiosuccinic acid synthetase deficiency.

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Generic Name: Somatrem for injection
Trade Name: Protropin
Indication: For long-term treatment of children who have growth failure due to a lack of adequate endogenous growth hormone secretion.

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Generic Name: Somatropin
Trade Name: Nutropin
Indication: For use in the long-term treatment of children who have growth failure due to a lack of adequate endogenous growth hormone secretion.

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Generic Name: Somatropin
Trade Name: Genotropin
Indication: Treatment of adults with growth hormone deficiency.

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Generic Name: Somatropin
Trade Name: Humatrope
Indication: Treatment of short stature associated with Turner syndrome.

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Generic Name: Somatropin (rDNA origin)
Trade Name: Nutropin Depot
Indication: Long-term treatment of children who have growth failure due to a lack of adequate endogenous growth hormone secretion.

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Generic Name: Somatropin (rDNA origin)
Trade Name: Saizen
Indication: Treatment of idiopathic or organic growth hormone deficiency in children with growth failure.

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Generic Name: Somatropin for injection
Trade Name: Serostim
Indication: Treatment of AIDS-associated catabolism/weight loss.

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Generic Name: Somatropin for injection
Trade Name: Nutropin
Indication: As replacement therapy for growth hormone deficiency in adults after epiphyseal closure.

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Generic Name: Somatropin for injection
Trade Name: Nutropin
Indication: Treatment of growth retardation associated with chronic renal failure.

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Generic Name: Somatropin for injection
Trade Name: Humatrope
Indication: For the long-term treatment of children who have growth failure due to inadequate secretion of normal endogenous growth hormone.

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Generic Name: Somatropin for injection
Trade Name: Nutropin
Indication: Treatment of short stature associated with Turner's syndrome.

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Generic Name: Sotalol HCl
Trade Name: Betapace
Indication: Treatment of life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias.

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Generic Name: Sotalol HCl
Trade Name: Betapace
Indication: Prevention of life threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias.

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Generic Name: Sterile talc powder
Trade Name: Sclerosol Intrapleural Aerosol
Indication: Treatment of malignant pleural effusion.

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Generic Name: Succimer
Trade Name: Chemet capsules
Indication: Treatment of lead poisoning in children.

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Generic Name: Sulfadiazine
Trade Name:
Indication: For use in combination with pyrimethamine for the treatment of Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis in patients with and without AIDS.

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Generic Name: Surface active extract of saline lavage of bovine lungs
Trade Name: Infasurf
Indication: Treatment and prevention of respiratory failure due to pulmonary surfactant deficiency in preterm infants.

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Generic Name: Temozolomide
Trade Name: Temodar
Indication: Treatment of recurrent malignant glioma.

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Generic Name: Teniposide
Trade Name: Vumon for injection
Indication: Treatment of refractory childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia.

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Generic Name: Teriparatide
Trade Name: Parathar
Indication: Diagnostic agent to assist in establishing the diagnosis in patients presenting with clinical and laboratory evidence of hypocalcemia due to either hypoparathyroidism or pseudohypoparathyroidism.

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Generic Name: Thalidomide
Trade Name: Thalomid
Indication: Treatment of erythema nodosum leprosum.

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Generic Name: Thyrotropin alpha
Trade Name: Thyrogen
Indication: As an adjunct in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer.

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Generic Name: Tiopronin
Trade Name: Thiola
Indication: Prevention of cystine nephrolithiasis in patients with homozygous cystinuria.

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Generic Name: Tobramycin for inhalation
Trade Name: TOBI
Indication: Treatment of bronchopulmonary infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients.

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Generic Name: Toremifene
Trade Name: Fareston
Indication: Hormonal therapy of metastatic carcinoma of the breast.

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Generic Name: Tretinoin
Trade Name: Vesanoid
Indication: Treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia.

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Generic Name: Trientine HCl
Trade Name: Syprine
Indication: Treatment of patients with Wilson's disease who are intolerant, or inadequately responsive to penicillamine.

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Generic Name: Trimetrexate glucuronate
Trade Name: Neutrexin
Indication: Treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS patients.

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Generic Name: Urofollitropin
Trade Name: Metrodin
Indication: For induction of ovulation in patients with polycystic ovarian disease who have an elevated LH/FSH ratio and who have failed to respond to adequate clomiphene citrate therapy.

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Generic Name: Ursodiol
Trade Name: URSO
Indication: Treatment of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.

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Generic Name: Valrubicin
Trade Name: Valstar
Indication: Treatment of carcinoma in situ of the urinary bladder.

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Generic Name: Zalcitabine
Trade Name: Hivid
Indication: Treatment of AIDS.

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Generic Name: Zidovudine
Trade Name: Retrovir
Indication: Treatment of AIDS related complex.

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Generic Name: Zidovudine
Trade Name: Retrovir
Indication: Treatment of AIDS.

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Generic Name: Zinc acetate
Trade Name: Galzin
Indication: Treatment of Wilson's disease.

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List From U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA)

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