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helium

helium (HELIUM, USP) is an FDA-listed pharmaceutical active ingredient. Route of administration: inhalation. Current US regulatory status: approved.

FDA: approved
US status approved
Patents linked 16
Pipeline programs 2
News articles 0
Drug details — helium
US status
approved
Class
Route
INHALATION
Patents
16
Programs
2
Data quality
0.84

Quick answer

helium (HELIUM, USP) is an FDA-listed pharmaceutical active ingredient. Route of administration: inhalation. Current US regulatory status: approved.

Key facts

INN helium
Brand HELIUM, USP
Route INHALATION
Formulation GAS

Approval history

Authority Status Date
FDA approved

Pipeline programs

  1. DANUBE/D419BC00001 Phase 3 · AstraZeneca · Adult patients (age ≥18 years) with histologically or cytolo
  2. retinal pigment epithelium transplantation Phase 2 · First People's Hospital · Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration

Related patents

  1. US 11857697

    Compositions and methods for obtaining 3-dimensional lung-like epithelium and related uses thereof

    Expires Mon Dec 28 2043 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  2. US 11441184

    Method for generating retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells from induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSCs)

    Expires Mon Sep 08 2042 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  3. US 11261237

    Modified pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) peptides and uses thereof for treating neovascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, cancer, and for cytoprotection

    Expires Mon Feb 24 2042 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  4. US 10480031

    Method for generating Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) cells from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (IPSCs)

    Expires Mon Nov 14 2039 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  5. US 10081668

    Modified pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) peptides and uses thereof for treating neovascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, cancer, and for cytoprotection

    Expires Mon Sep 20 2038 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  6. US 9649340

    Methods for producing enriched populations of human retinal pigment epithelium cells

    Expires Mon May 11 2037 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  7. US 9339528

    Methods for treating epithelium trauma of the intestinal mucosa using interleukin-1 receptor antagonist

    Expires Mon May 12 2036 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  8. US 8609408

    Method for the reconstruction of a tissue-engineered human corneal endothelium

    Expires Mon Dec 12 2033 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  9. US 7470659

    Methods to increase reverse cholesterol transport in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and Bruch's membrane (BM)

    Expires Mon Dec 25 2028 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  10. US 7179621

    Pigment epithelium-derived factor: sequence of the PEDF gene

    Expires Mon Feb 15 2027 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    granted
  11. US 6720180

    Wounded epithelium-specific transcript

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

    expired
  12. US 6629970

    Method of restoring endothelium of cornea

    Expires Mon Oct 02 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    expired
  13. US 6451763

    Retinal pigmented epithelium derived neurotrophic factor and methods of use

    Expires Mon Sep 12 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    expired
  14. US 6319687

    Pigment epithelium-derived factor: characterization, genomic organization and sequence of PEDF gene

    Expires Mon Nov 15 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    expired
  15. US 6153430

    Nucleic acid encoding mesothelin, a differentiation antigen present on mesothelium, mesotheliomas and ovarian cancers

    Expires Mon Nov 23 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    expired
  16. US 6083502

    Mesothelium antigen and methods and kits for targeting it

    Expires Mon Jun 29 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

    expired

Frequently asked questions

What is helium?

helium (HELIUM, USP) is an FDA-listed pharmaceutical active ingredient. Route of administration: inhalation. Current US regulatory status: approved.

What is the brand name for helium?

HELIUM, USP is a marketed brand name for helium. Check FDA Drugs@FDA for the current US label holder and prescribing information.

What is the US approval status of helium?

helium 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.