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. 2019 May 3;303:130–150. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.04.025

Table 1.

Marketed liposomal productsa.

Product (manufacturer) Drug Indications Year approvedb
AmBisome (Gilead) Amphotericin B Fungal infections and Leishmaniasis 1990 (Europe), 1997 (USA)
Doxil (Johnson&Johnson) Doxorubicin Kaposi's sarcoma 1995
Ovarian cancer 1999
Breast Cancer 2003
Multiple myeloma + Velcade 2007 (Europe, Canada)
DaunoXome (Galen) Daunorubicin Kaposi's sarcoma 1996 (Europe), 1996 (USA)
Myocet (Cephalon) Doxorubicin Breast cancer+cyclophosphamide 2000 (Europe)
Epaxal (Crucell, Switzerland) Virosome Hepatitis A virus 1994 (Europe)
Inflexal (Crucell, Switzerland) Virosome Influenza virus 1997 (Europe)
Nasalflu Virosome Influenza virus (Intranasal application) 2000 (Europe, withdrawn in 2001)
Amphotec (Intermune) Amphotericin B Invasive aspergillosis 1996
Abelcet (Enzon) Amphotericin B Aspergillosis 1995
Visudyne (QLT) Verteporphin Wet macular degeneration 2000 (USA), 2003 (Japan)
DepoDur (Pacira) Morphine sulfate Pain following surgery 2004
DepoCyt (Pacira) Cytosine Arabinoside Lymphomatous or Neoplastic meningitis 1999
Exparel (Pacira) Bupivacaine Post-surgical pain 2011
Lipo-Dox (TLC, Taiwan) Doxorubicin Kaposi's sarcoma, breast and ovarian cancer 2002 (Taiwan)
Lipusu (Luye Pharma, China) Paclitaxel Ovarian cancer 2003 (China)
Breast cancer
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Mepact (Takeda) Muramyl tripeptide-PE Nonmetastatic, resectable osteosarcoma 2009 (Europe)
Marqibo (Talon) Vincristine Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 2012
Onivyde (Merrimack) Irinotecan Pancreatic cancer 2015
Vyxeos (Jazz/Celator) Ara-C/DNR (5:1) Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) 2017
Mosquirix (GlaxoSmithKline) HBsAg-VLP/MPLA/CSP Malaria 2015
Shringrix (GlaxoSmithKline) MPLA/QS21/gE Shingles 2017
Onpattro (Alnylam) siRNA Polyneuropathy (Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis) 2018
a

World-widely, there are also several approved generic liposome products, and they are not listed here owing to lack of novelty.

b

The product was licensed in USA unless an annotation indicates where it was.