Hepatotoxins Stocks List
Symbol | Grade | Name | % Change | |
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GILD | A | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 0.12 | |
SNY | C | Sanofi | -0.56 | |
CPIX | F | Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. | -1.56 | |
HEPA | F | Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | -2.24 | |
ATXI | F | Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. | -3.61 | |
PRFX | F | PainReform Ltd. | 0.50 |
Related Industries: Biotechnology Drug Manufacturers - Major Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
Symbol | Grade | Name | Weight | |
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IBBQ | D | Invesco Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF | 10.96 | |
BBH | D | Market Vectors Biotech ETF | 9.2 | |
IBB | D | iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund | 8.92 | |
BIS | D | ProShares UltraShort Nasdaq Biotechnology | 8.7 | |
VIRS | A | Pacer BioThreat Strategy ETF | 8.38 |
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- Hepatotoxins
Hepatotoxicity (from hepatic toxicity) implies chemical-driven liver damage. Drug-induced liver injury is a cause of acute and chronic liver disease.
The liver plays a central role in transforming and clearing chemicals and is susceptible to the toxicity from these agents. Certain medicinal agents, when taken in overdoses and sometimes even when introduced within therapeutic ranges, may injure the organ. Other chemical agents, such as those used in laboratories and industries, natural chemicals (e.g., microcystins) and herbal remedies can also induce hepatotoxicity. Chemicals that cause liver injury are called hepatotoxins.
More than 900 drugs have been implicated in causing liver injury (see LiverTox, external link, below) and it is the most common reason for a drug to be withdrawn from the market. Hepatotoxicity and drug-induced liver injury also account for a substantial number of compound failures, highlighting the need for toxicity prediction models (e.g. DTI), and drug screening assays, such as stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells, that are capable of detecting toxicity early in the drug development process. Chemicals often cause subclinical injury to the liver, which manifests only as abnormal liver enzyme tests.
Drug-induced liver injury is responsible for 5% of all hospital admissions and 50% of all acute liver failures.
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