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Status:
US Approved Rx (2020)
First approved in 2020

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Bempedoic acid (also known as ETC-1002) is a novel investigational drug being developed for the treatment of dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and other cardio-metabolic risk factors. The hypolipidemic, anti-atherosclerotic, anti-obesity, and glucos...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2016)
First approved in 2003

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



CRESTOR (rosuvastatin calcium) is an inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase. It has been widely launched for the treatment of patients with dyslipidaemia and has also been approved in the US and EU to slow the progression of atherosclerosis.
Status:
US Approved Rx (2012)
First approved in 1993

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Fluvastatin is an antilipemic agent that competitively inhibits hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase. Fluvastatin is marketed under the trade names Lescol, Canef, Vastin. LESCOL/LESCOL XL is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) ind...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



MK-1903 is a potent and selective hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 (HCA2, GPR109A) full agonist. Exhibits no binding at the GRP109B receptor. This drug had been in phase II clinical trial for the treatment of atherosclerosis and Dyslipidemia. But th...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Pantetheine is the mercaptoethyl conjugated amide analog of pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5), an intermediate in the production of coenzyme A by the body. Pantetheine is part of two larger compounds (coenzyme A and acyl-carrier protein) that promote a l...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Vaccenic acid (VA) (t11 octadecenoic acid) is a positional and geometric isomer of oleic acid (c9-octadecenoic acid), and is the predominant trans monoene in ruminant fats (50%–80% of total trans content). Dietary VA can be desaturated to cis-9,trans...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



GSK1292263 (GSK263) (5-[({1-[3-(1-methylethyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl]-4-piperidinyl}methyl)oxy]-2-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]pyridine) is a potent and selective agonist at the rodent and human GPR119 receptors that was discovered at GlaxoSmithKline. It...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Tetradecylthioacetic acid (TTA) is a hypolipidemic antioxidant with immunomodulating properties involving activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs). TTA exerts both hypolipidemic and anti-inflammatory effects in psoriasis pati...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Muraglitazar previously known as BMS-298585 has been identified as a non-thiazolidinedione dual agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha/gamma. Muraglitazar is currently in clinical trial phase III development for the treatment of ...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Conditions:

GW 590735 is a selective and potent agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα), a ligand-activated transcription factor that plays a key role in lipid homeostasis. Activation of PPARα results in increased clearance of triglyc...