NLG919 is a novel small-molecule IDO-pathway inhibitor. NLG919 potently inhibits this pathway in vitro and in cell-based assays. It is orally bioavailable and has a favorable pharmacokinetic and toxicity profile. In mice, a single oral administration of NLG919 reduces the concentration of plasma and tissue Kyn by ∼ 50%. Using IDO-expressing human monocyte-derived DCs in allogeneic MLR reactions, NLG919 potently blocked IDO-induced T cell suppression and restored robust T cell responses with an ED50=80 nM. Similarly, using IDO-expressing mouse DCs from tumor-draining lymph nodes, NLG919 abrogated IDO-induced suppression of antigen-specific T cells (OT-I) in vitro. In vivo, in mice bearing large established B16F10 tumors, administration of NLG919 markedly enhanced the anti-tumor responses of naïve, resting pmel-1 cells to vaccination with cognate hgp100 peptide plus CpG-1826 in IFA

BI 44370 was developed as a calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist for the treatment of acute migraine attacks. In spite of the positive results from the phase II clinical trials, the BI-44370 study has been discontinued.

TAS-108 (also known as SR-16234) is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and has been reported to have estrogen receptor (ER) α antagonistic activity and a strong affinity with a weak partial agonistic activity to ERβ receptor. It is known that ERs play a central role in the diverse actions of estrogen. TAS-108 was studied in phase II clinical trials to treat recurrent or recurrent inoperable breast cancer. In addition, TAS-108 participated in Japan in a phase II clinical trial in Endometriosis patients. The phase III studies are being planned with the drug.

FLOTEGATIDE is a cyclic tripeptide with arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (R-G-D) motif. Its 18F radiolabelled form is a positron emission tomography (PET) tracer targeting integrin alpha-V/beta-3.