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  2. Optimization of drug-like properties of nonsteroidal glucocorticoid mimetics and identification of a clinical candidate

Optimization of drug-like properties of nonsteroidal glucocorticoid mimetics and identification of a clinical candidate

  • ACS Med Chem Lett. 2014 Nov 20;5(12):1318-23. doi: 10.1021/ml500387y.
Christian Harcken 1 Doris Riether 1 Pingrong Liu 1 Hossein Razavi 1 Usha Patel 1 Thomas Lee 1 Todd Bosanac 1 Yancey Ward 1 Mark Ralph 1 Zhidong Chen 1 Donald Souza 1 Richard M Nelson 1 Alison Kukulka 1 Tazmeen N Fadra-Khan 1 Ljiljana Zuvela-Jelaska 1 Mita Patel 1 David S Thomson 1 Gerald H Nabozny 1
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877, United States.
Abstract

A series of nonsteroidal "dissociated" Glucocorticoid Receptor agonists was optimized for drug-like properties such as Cytochrome P450 inhibition, metabolic stability, aqueous solubility, and hERG ion channel inhibition. This effort culminated in the identification of the clinical candidate compound ( R )-39.

Keywords

Glucocorticoid mimetics; anti-inflammatory agents; azaindoles; drug-like properties; glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis; nonsteroidal glucocorticoids.

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