Examples of clinically approved nanomedicine

Year of approvalNameNanotechnology platformTherapeutic agentIndicationRefs
1995 (FDA)
1996 (EMA)
Doxil/CaelyxLiposome (PEGylated)DoxorubicinHIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma, ovarian cancer,
metastatic breast cancer, multiple myeloma
[9]
1996 (FDA)DaunoXomeLiposome (non-PEGylatedDaunorubicinHIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma[10]
2002 (FDA)Eligardpoly(D, L-Lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGH)Leuprorelin acetateProstate cancer[11]
2005 (FDA)
2008 (EMA)
AbraxaneNanoparticle albumin boundPaclitaxelAdvanced non-small-cell lung cancer, metastatic breast cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer[12]
2006 (FDA)Oncasparpolyethyleneglycol (PEG) protein conjugateL-asparaginaseLeukemia[13]
2009 (EMA)MEPACTLiposome (non-PEGylated)MifamurtideOsteosarcoma[14]
2015 (FDA)MM-398/OnivydeLiposome (PEGylated)IrinotecanMetastatic pancreatic cancer[15]
2017 (FDA)VYXEOSLiposomeDaunorubicin and cytarabineAcute myeloid leukemia[16]
2019 (FDA)Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq)Antibody-drug conjugateMonomethyl auristatin ERelapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma[17]

FDA: Food and Drug Administration; EMA: European Medicines Agency