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Tiprelestat (Elafin) is a potent Human neutrophil elastase inhibitor. Elafin is identical to the human protein elafin with high specificity for tissue destroying and inflammation promoting proteases. The development program of Elafin is focused on the late stage development of Elafin in major surgery and early stage development in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Elafin has received orphan drug designations in the USA and the EU for esophageal cancer surgery (ECS) and PAH. Tiprelestat is in phase II clinical trials for the treatment of myocardial reperfusion injury, postoperative inflammation and in phase I clinical trial for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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TitleDatePubMed
Therapeutic potential of human elafin.
2011 Oct
Serine protease inhibitors to treat inflammation: a patent review (2011-2016).
2018 Feb
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2019 Sep
Name Type Language
TIPRELESTAT
INN  
INN  
Official Name English
tiprelestat [INN]
Common Name English
ELASTASE-SPECIFIC INHIBITOR, SKIN-DERIVED ANTILEUKOPROTEINASE, PEPTIDASE INHIBITOR 3
Common Name English
HUMAN ELAFIN
Common Name English
RECOMBINANT ELAFIN
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
FDA ORPHAN DRUG 241007
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FDA ORPHAN DRUG 364612
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NCI_THESAURUS C783
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EU-Orphan Drug EU/3/09/710
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Code System Code Type Description
NCI_THESAURUS
C152650
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INN
9252
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CAS
820211-82-3
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FDA UNII
78I8295690
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL2108349
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID00231519
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PUBCHEM
44201346
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