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Table 1 Nano-formulated cancer therapeutics currently on market(Adapted with permission [42])

From: Cancer nanotechnology: current status and perspectives

Product name

Composition

Indications

First approval

Doxil/Caelyx

PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin

Myeloma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, breast, and ovarian cancer

US (1995)

DaunoXome

Liposomal daunorubicin

Kaposi’s sarcoma

US (1996)

Myocet

Liposomal doxorubicin

Breast cancer

Europe/Canada (2000)

Abraxane

Albumin-bound paclitaxel

Breast, non-small-cell lung, and pancreatic cancer

US (2005)

Lipusu

Liposomal paclitaxel

Breast and non-small-cell lung cancer

China (2006)

Nanoxel

Paclitaxel micellar

Solid tumors

India (2006)

Oncaspar

L-asparaginase conjugate

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

US (2006)

DepoCyt

Liposomal cytarabine

Lymphoma, Leukemia

US (1999)

Genexol-PM

Paclitaxel micellar

Breast, non-small-cell lung, ovarian, and gastric cancer

South Korea (2007)

Mepact

Liposomal mifamurtide

Osteogenic sarcoma

Europe (2009)

NanoTherm

Iron oxide NPs

Brain tumors

Europe (2011)

Marqibo

Liposomal vincristine sulfate

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

US (2012)

ONIVYDE

Liposomal irinotecan

Advanced pancreatic cancer

US (2015)

DHP107

Paclitaxel lipid NPs (oral administration)

Gastric cancer

South Korea (2016)

Vyxeos

Liposomal daunorubicin and cytarabine

High-risk acute myeloid leukemia

US (2017)

Apealea

Paclitaxel micellar

Ovarian, peritoneal, and fallopian tube cancer

Europe (2018)

Hensify

Hafnium oxide NPs

Locally-advanced soft tissue sarcoma

Europe (2019)