Mexrenoate potassium is an aldosterone antagonist, which was developed as an antihypertensive agent. However, this drug has never been marketed.

Iocanlidic Acid I-123 is a radiolabeled phenylfatty acid derivative studied as a diagnostic agent for myocardial imaging

Abexinostat (PCI-24781) is a novel, second-generation phenyl hydroxamic acid–based, orally bioavailable HDAC inhibitor that has previously been shown to have activity in vitro and in vivo against a broad array of cancers, including hematopoietic malignancies and bone and soft-tissue sarcomas. Abexinostat is a pan-HDAC inhibitor mostly targeting HDAC1 with Ki of 7 nM, modest potent to HDACs 2, 3, 6, and 10 and greater than 40-fold selectivity against HDAC8. Abexinostat exhibits potent antitumor activity against a variety of tumor cell lines with GI50 ranging from 0.15 uM to 3.09 uM. PCI-24781 also has an antiproliferative effect on HUVEC endothelial cells with GI50 of 0.43 uM. Abexinostat treatment causes dose-dependent accumulation of both acetylated histones and acetylated tubulin in HCT116 or DLD-1 cells, induces expression of p21, and leads to PARP cleavage and accumulation of the γH2AX. It has also shown good tolerability and activity in Phase I and II clinical trials against lymphoma, as well as against solid tumors in Phase-I trials. Additionally, it acts as a potent radiosensitizing agent and is synergistic with cytotoxic chemotherapy, such as doxorubicin in preclinical models.

Johnson and Johnson was developing usistapide, a microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTTP) inhibitor, for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Usistapide, also known as JNJ-16269110 and R256918, has been used in trials studying the treatment of obesity, overweight, metabolic diseases, nutrition disorders, and nutritional and metabolic diseases. Usistapide was removed from the company pipeline and appears to have been discontinued.

8-Hydroxy-7-iodo-5-quinolinesulfonic acid (Ferron) showed fungistatic effect for Candida and for M. canis and T. mentagrophytes. Resotren is a chemical combination of chloroquine and iodohydroxyquinoline and, taken by mouth, is poorly absorbed and reaches the lower bowel in considerable concentration. Resotren is effective in both intestinal and extra-intestinal amoebiasis. Al-Ferron timed spectrophotometry assay is a basic method in the study on the formation of polynuclear hydroxyl aluminum species and their transformation laws in aqueous systems.

Antimony sodium thioglycollate is an anthelmintic agent. It is a schistosomicide drug.

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 patients - TTA can be of therapeutic benefit for a subgroup of psoriatic patients. TTA may improve myocardial function in heart failure, potentially involving its ability to decrease the availability of free fatty acids in plasma and increase the myocardial proportion of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. TTA attenuates dyslipidemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. These effects may occur through mechanisms involving PPAR-alpha and PPAR-delta activation, resulting in increased mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation.

Gosogliptin (PF-734200) is a compound developed for treatment of type II diabetes and has been approved for use in Russia. It is a selective dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, with hypoglycemic activity. The drug is safe and well tolerated at all doses tested when added to metformin (a diabetes drug), and safely and effectively lowered HbA (1c) in subjects receiving metformin. A phase 3 study to study the safety and efficacy of gosogliptin has been completed. Gosogliptin has also been studied as potential drug for the treatment of renal insufficiency.