Motexafin lutetium is a texaphyrin, marketed as Antrin by Pharmacyclics Inc.
It is a photosensitiser for use in photodynamic therapy to treat skin conditions and superficial cancers.
It has also been tested for use in photoangioplasty (photodynamic treatment of diseased arteries).
[1] It is photoactivated by 732 nm light which allows greater depth of penetration.
[2] Phase II clinical trials were in progress in 1999.