Table 1.
List of commercial products containing ceramic and polymer microspheres currently available
| Product name | Microsphere Materials/loaded drugs or biological components |
Application | Company name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerasorb® | β-TCP | Dentistry | Curasan |
| Hydros | Brushite calcium phosphate | Orthopaedics | Biomatlante |
| Calcibon® | HA (precipitated) | Orthopaedics | Biomet |
| Lupron Depot | PLGA loaded with Leuprolide acetate | Drug delivery | TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. |
| Nutropin Depot | PLGA loaded with Recombinant human growth hormone | Growth hormone regulator | Genetech, Inc. |
| Enantone LP | PLGA loaded with Leuprorelin | Treatment of prostate cancer | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited |
| Somatulin LP | PLGA loaded with Lanreotide | Treatment of acromegaly | IPSEN pharma |
| Sandostatin LAR | PLGA loaded with Ocreotide | Treatment of acromegaly | Novartis |
| Cytodex 3 | Collagen (denatured) cross-linked with dextran | Microcarriers for various cell lines (tissue engineering) | GE healthcare |
| Cultisphere® | Getalin | Microcarriers for various cell lines (tissue engineering) | Percell Biolytical |
Sources: product information has been collected from the respective company’s website