Sulprosal is a water-soluble derivatives of salicylic acid patented by Keystone Chemurgic Corp. as analgesic and antipyretic agent.

Lobendazole is a metabolite of veterinary drug thiophanate. Lobendazole possesses teratogenic effect.

Litoxetine is a selective serotonin (5-HT) reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and mixed serotonin agonist-antagonist, which makes it particularly appropriate for treating continence dysfunctions. Litoxetine at concentrations without antimuscarinic properties (10 nM-1 microM) caused concentration-dependent relaxations in the rat isolated oesophageal muscularis mucosae, which reduced carbachol tone up to 37%. Higher litoxetine concentrations (3 microM-300 microM) were associated with marked relaxation up to the abolition of carbachol tone. The antimuscarinic activity of litoxetine, previously demonstrated in the isolated guinea-pig intestine, played a role in the rat isolated oesophageal muscularis mucosae at concentrations greater than 1 microM. The 5-HT-releasing action of litoxetine could account for the potentation by litoxetine of 5-HT-induced relaxation in tissues from untreated rats, which was reversed by pCPA treatment. Litoxetine is in phase II clinical trial for the treatment of urinary incontinence.

Trazitiline is an antihistaminic agent.

Trelnarizine is a new difluorinated piperazine derivative with a structural resemblance to flunarizine and cinnarizine and possessing calcium antagonist activity. Trelnarizine belongs to the antihistaminic, vasodilator agents.

Pirodavir (R77975) (ethyl 4-[2-(1-[6-methyl-3-pyridazinyl]-4-piperidinyl)ethoxy]benzoate) and its predecessor (R61837) belong to a series of pyridazine analogues developed by the Janssen Research Foundation. Compared to R61837, pirodavir was 500-fold more potent as an antiviral in vitro, inhibiting 80% of 100 rhinovirus serotypes tested at concentration of 0.064 mg/mL or less. Pirodavir acts at an early stage of the viral replication cycle (up to 40 min after infection) and reduces the yield of selected rhinoviruses 1,000- to 100,000-fold in a single round of replication. The mode of action appears to be serotype specific, since pirodavir was able to inhibit the adsorption of human rhinovirus 9 but not that of human rhinovirus 1A. Pirodavir is a novel capsid-binding antipicornavirus agent with potent in vitro activity against both group A and group B rhinovirus serotypes.

Glemanserin is a selective antagonist of the 5-HT2A receptor. It was tested in a clinical trial, in patients with generalized anxiety disorder, however, it did not demonstrate significant anxiolytic effects.

Acrihellin (D 12316) is a cardiotonic drug. It is characterized as a cardiosteroid. In isolated organ (Langendorff heart) the positive inotropic effect proved to be stronger in comparison to digoxin. Also in dogs and cats acrihellin increases the contractile force of the myocardium; especially in failing canine heart, it increases the force of contraction (strain-gauge) and velocity of pressure rise (dp/dt max). In classical glycoside test on cat (Hatcher's dose) acrihellin is more effective than digoxin and methyldigoxin on weight basis, equivalent on a molar basis. The therapeutical index of acrihellin is like that of methyldigoxin. In cats and dogs, the compound is absorbed rapidly and almost completely, especially when administered intraduodenally.

Stirimazole is an imidazole derivative patented by Lilly Industries Ltd. as an antiparasitic agent effective against Trypanosoma congolense, T. gambiense, T. rhodesiense, and T. cruzi. Stirimazole inhibited Trichomonas vaginalis in vitro at 0.225 μg/ml and eliminated infected lesions in mice at 20 mg/kg orally. Stirimazole eliminated intestinal amebiasis in rats at 50 mg/kg orally and hepatic amebiasis in hamsters at 100 mg/kg i.p. Stirimazole was curative against Trypanosoma rhodesiense, Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma gambiense, and Trypanosoma congolense in mice at 25, 100, 12.5, and 25 mg/kg (4 times, i.p.), respectively, and against Trypanosoma vivax in calves at 25 mg/kg i.v.