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