Talk:Caspofungin

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[edit] Off-label use

Information is out-dated. According to the current prescribing information (http://www.cancidas.com/cancidas/shared/documents/english/pi.pdf) Cancidas has also been approved for "empirical therapy of presumed fungal infections in febrile, neutropenic patients". Túrelio 15:07, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Done

[edit] IUPAC Name

The IUPAC name I believe is:

N-{(2R,6S,9S,11R,12R,14aS,15S,20S,23S,25aS)-12-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]-20-[(1S)-3-amino-1-hydroxypropyl]-23-[(1S,2S)-1,2-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-2,11,15-trihydroxy-6-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-5,8,14,19,22,25-hexaoxotetracosahydro-1H-dipyrrolo[2,1-c:2',1'-l][1,4,7,10,13,16]hexaazacyclohenicosin-9-yl}-10,12-dimethyltetradecanamide--ChemSpiderMan (talk) 01:16, 19 May 2008 (UTC)