Fenalcomine is a coronary vasodilator, cardiotonic and local anesthetic agent. It was studied in the treatment of angina pectoris.

MPEP (2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)pyridine) was one of the first compounds found to act a selective antagonist for the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype mGluR5. It was under development by Novartis in the late 1990's. MPEP was found to produce neuroprotective effects following acute brain injury in animals. MPEP was also found to have positive effects on animal models of depression, anxiety and morphine withdrawl.

AFN-1252 (now known as Debio-1452) is an antibiotic drug which is in phase II of clinical trials for the treatment of Staphylococcal skin and skin structure infections. The drug was effective in vitro against all isolates of S.aureus and its effect was explained by inhibition of enoyl-acyl carrier protein Reductase (FabI).

Uprosertib is an oral potent Akt inhibitor which acts equally on Akt1, Akt2 and Akt3. The drug is under clinical development in combination with trametinib for the treatment of different cancers, including melanoma, myeloma, breast, endometrial, cervical cancer, etc.

Luminespib (NVP-AUY922) is a highly potent isoxazole-based, nongeldanamycin HSP90 inhibitor that inhibits the adenosine triphosphatase activity of HSP90. Luminespib is a highly potent HSP90 inhibitor for HSP90α/β with IC50 of 13 nM /21 nM in cell-free assays, weaker potency against the HSP90 family members GRP94 and TRAP-1, exhibits the tightest binding of any small-molecule HSP90 ligand. Luminespib potently inhibited in vitro growth in all 41 NSCLC cell lines evaluated with IC50 less than 100 nM. IC100 value less than 40 nM was seen in 36 of 41 lines. Luminespib (NVP-AUY922) has greater potency, reduced hepatotoxicity, and lower dependence on DT-diaphorase than the first-generation HSP90 inhibitors. Luminespib was discovered in a multiparameter lead optimization program based on a high-throughput screening hit methodology developed jointly by The Institute of Cancer Research, UK and the pharmaceutical company Vernalis. It has been licensed to Novartis. Luminespib activity is independent of NQO1/DT-diaphorase, maintained in drug-resistant cells and under hypoxic conditions. The molecular signature of HSP90 inhibition, comprising induced HSP72 and depleted client proteins, was readily demonstrable. Pre-clinical studies proved that Luminespib acts via several processes (cytostasis, apoptosis, invasion, and angiogenesis) to inhibit tumor growth and metastasis. These results helped Luminespib to enter clinical trials for various cancers including breast cancers. From 2011 to 2014 it was in Phase II clinical trials.

Pexmetinib (ARRY-614) is a potent, orally bioavailable, dual p38 MAPK/Tie-2 inhibitor with potential antineoplastic, anti-inflammatory and antiangiogenic activities. Pexmetinib inhibited leukemic proliferation, prevented activation of downstream effector kinases and abrogated the effects of TNF-alpha on healthy hematopoietic stem cells. In ex vivo stimulated human whole blood, LPS-induced cytokines was inhibited by Pexmetinib with an IC50 value ranging from 50-120 nM. ARRY-614 inhibited the release of IL-6 from SEA- or LPS-challenged mice with an ED50 value less than 10 mg/kg. Combining Pexmetinib with lenalidomide inhibited both pro-inflammatory cytokines and tumor growth in vivo with higher potency, compared with either agent alone. In dose escalation or expansion cohorts, treatment with Pexmetinib either once daily or twice daily was applied to forty-five patients. Pexmetinib reduced the levels of circulating biomarkers and the p38 MAPK activation of bone marrow.

Flutonidine, an alpha2-adrenergic receptor agonist was studied as an antihypertensive drug. However, information about the current use of this drug is not available.

ISOMETHEPTENE, (R)- is an antimigraine drug candidate, which development was discontinued in 2016. It is a potent agonist of the imidazoline-1-receptor.

Esaprazole, also known as hexaprazole, was developed in the 1980s as a drug for the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Esaprazole exerts a dose-dependent cytoprotective effect on the gastric mucosa in man. It was shown to have a dose-dependent antisecretory activity, which was particularly evident on secretion volume and acid output. Esaprazole completed phase II clinical trials with only a few minor side effects being reported, but was shown to be less effective than Cimetidine and Ranitidine at healing ulcers. Esaprazole is a weak sigma opioid receptor and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors M3 and M5 ligand. Esaprazole analogs with many compounds showing neuroprotective properties.