Cancidas

Active Ingredient(s): Caspofungin
FDA Approved: * January 26, 2001
Pharm Company: * MERCK RES
Category: Antifungal

* This drug may consist of multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or distributors. If applicable, they would be listed below under "NDC Database Records".

Cancidas Overview

Caspofungin (INN)[1][3] (brand name Cancidas worldwide) is a lipopeptide antifungal drug from Merck & Co., Inc. discovered by James Balkovec, Regina Black and Frances A. Bouffard.[4] It is a member of a new class of antifungals termed the echinocandins. It works by inhibiting the enzyme (1→3)-β-D-glucan synthase and thereby disturbing the integrity of the fungal cell wall. Caspofungin was the first inhibitor of fungal (1→3)...

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NDC Database Records for Cancidas: (2 results)

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• 0006-3822 Cancidas 5 mg/ml Intravenous Injection, Powder, Lyophilized, for Solution by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
• 0006-3823 Cancidas 7 mg/ml Intravenous Injection, Powder, Lyophilized, for Solution by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Other drugs which contain Caspofungin or a similar ingredient: (1 result)

• CASPOFUNGIN