Detail
Name Temoporfin
Molecular Formula C44H32N4O4
Molecular Weight 680.75
CAS Registry Number 122341-38-2
An antineoplastic;
The second generation light sensitizers ; used for head and neck cancer cure.
Aubergine solid;
Assay >98.5%
The United States FDA designated priority review in March, 1999, to this photodynamic therapy for the palliative treatment of recurrent, refractory or second primary squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck in patients considered to be incurable with surgery or radiotherapy. Scotia hopes to file an NDA for this product by the end of September, 1999.