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Drug profile · INN

glycine

glycine (GLYCINE 1.5% IN PLASTIC CONTAINER) is an FDA-listed pharmaceutical active ingredient. Route of administration: irrigation. Current US regulatory status: approved.

FDA: approved
US status approved
Patents linked 8
Pipeline programs 1
News articles 0
Drug details — glycine
US status
approved
Class
Route
IRRIGATION
Patents
8
Programs
1
Data quality
0.84

Quick answer

glycine (GLYCINE 1.5% IN PLASTIC CONTAINER) is an FDA-listed pharmaceutical active ingredient. Route of administration: irrigation. Current US regulatory status: approved.

Key facts

INN glycine
Brand GLYCINE 1.5% IN PLASTIC CONTAINER
Route IRRIGATION
Formulation SOLUTION

Approval history

Authority Status Date
FDA approved

Pipeline programs

  1. N-methyl glycine Phase 2 · Chinese Academy of · Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Related patents

  1. US 11813257

    Methods of treating erythropoietic protoporphyria, X-linked protoporphyria, or congenital erythropoietic porphyria with glycine transport inhibitors

    Expires Mon Nov 09 2043 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  2. US 8445632

    Selective poly-N-substituted glycine antibiotics

    Expires Mon May 16 2033 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  3. US 8324171

    Ophthalmic compositions containing diglycine

    Expires Mon Nov 29 2032 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  4. US 7931919

    Method of producing glycine-stabilized, lyophilized plasma

    Expires Mon Apr 21 2031 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  5. US 6677359

    N-substituted glycine derivatives

    Expires Mon Jan 08 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    expired
  6. US 6251903

    Alkyl, azido, alkoxy, and fluoro-substituted and fused quinoxalinediones and the use thereof as glycine receptor antagonist

    Expires Mon Jun 21 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    expired
  7. US 6147075

    Alkyl, azido, alkoxy and fluoro-substituted and fused quinoxalinediones and the use thereof as glycine receptor antagonist

    Expires Mon Nov 09 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    expired
  8. US 6017957

    Partial agonists of the strychnine insensitive glycine modulatory site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex as neuropsychopharmacological agents

    Expires Mon Jan 20 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    expired

Frequently asked questions

What is glycine?

glycine (GLYCINE 1.5% IN PLASTIC CONTAINER) is an FDA-listed pharmaceutical active ingredient. Route of administration: irrigation. Current US regulatory status: approved.

What is the brand name for glycine?

GLYCINE 1.5% IN PLASTIC CONTAINER is a marketed brand name for glycine. Check FDA Drugs@FDA for the current US label holder and prescribing information.

What is the US approval status of glycine?

glycine has approved status in the United States according to our Drugs@FDA-derived records. Verify on the official FDA label before clinical or commercial decisions.