Table 1: Nano-formulations commercial- and currently available.

 

Product

Company

Drug

Formulation/ROA

Application

Status

Abraxane

Abrasix Bioscience, AstraZeneca

Paclitaxcel

Albumin-bound nanoparticles-iv

Metastatic breast cancer

Marketed

Caelyx

Schering-Plough

Doxorubicin

Pegylated liposome-im

Metastatic breast and ovarian cancer; Kaposi sarcoma

Marketed

Myocet

ZeneusPharma Ltd

Doxorubicin

Liposoma/iv

Metastatic breast cancer

Marketed

Doxil

Sequus Pharmaceutical

Doxorubicin

Liposome/iv

Kaposi sarcoma

Marketed

L-Annamycin

Callisto Pharmaceuticals

Annamycin

Liposome/iv

Children and young adults with refractory or relapsed ALL or AML

Phase I/II

Genexol-PM

Samyang Pharmaceuticals

Paclitaxel

Methoxy PEG-PLA/iv

Breast and lung cancer

Phase II

CALAA-01

Calando Pharmaceuticals

Anti-R2

SiRNA

Cyclodestrin-containing polymer (CAL 101) and targeting agent (AD-PEG-Tf)/iv

Solid tumors that are refractory to standard-of-care

Phase I

Rexin-G

Epeius Biotechnologies

Dominant negative cyclin G1 construct

Pathotropic nanoparticles/iv

Recurrent or metastatic breast cancer

Phase I/II

BikDD Nanoparticle

MD Anderson Cancer Center/NCI

Pro-apoptotic Bik gene (BikDD)

Liposome/iv

Pancreatic Cancer

Phase I

Docetaxel-PNP

Samyang

Docetaxel

Polymeric nanoparticles/iv

Advanced solid malignancies

Phase I

 

ROA: Route of administration, iv: intravenous, im: intramuscular, ALL: Acutelymphocyticleukemia, AML: Acutemyelogenousleukemia, PEG-PLA: Poly[ethylene glycol]-poly[lactide], Tf: Human transferringprotein, HCC: Hepatocelular carcinoma