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IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS
Also see www.ctsnet.org/doc/4510

antilymphocyte globulin (ATG, Atgam) 
azathioprine (Imuran)
cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune)
Cytovene
muromonab-Cd3 (Orthoclone)
mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept)
tacrolimus (Prograf)

and emerging products such as

Thymoglobulin
Zenapax
HLA Class I and Class II antigen testing
HLA antibody screening
PRA determination
monoclonal antibody therapies
DNA-based technologies

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Another immunosuppressants list :

15-Deoxyspergualin
Allotrap
Anti-CD11A
Anti-CD45
Brequinar Sodium
BTI-322
Budesonide
Celsior
CHI 621
CTLA4Ig
Cyclosporine G
FLT3
Ganciclover
Gene-regulating Decoy
generic azathrioprine
generic cyclosporine
Gusperismus
Leflunomide
MAK 195 F
Orthoclone OKT4a
PIC 060 Analogs
ProGraf
Promedrol
Rapamune
Thymoglobulin
XE-9
Zenapax

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New compound regimens include:
switching from cyclosporine to azathioprine
3 months after transplant

New theories of immunotolerance include :
Chimerism
Transplanting bone marrow when implanting donor organ
Gene therapy
Manipulating T-cells
Photopheresis
Photochemotherapy/Photopheresis to treat positive crossmatch
Signal II

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COMPANIES INVOLVED IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS:

Advanced Tissue Sciences
C-Six Diagnostics, Inc.
Collagen Corp.
Cryolife, Inc.
Cytotherapeutics
Diacrin, Inc.
Dynal, Inc.
Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Gen Trak, Inc.
Hoffmann-LaRoche
Immunex Corp.
LifeCell Corp.
Medimmune, Inc.
NexTran
One Lambda, Inc.
Organogenesis, Inc.
Osteotech, Inc.
Pel-Freez Clinical Systems
Protein Design Labs, Inc.
Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Sangstat, The Transplant Company.
Wyeth-Ayerst