Apitolisib, a dual inhibitor of mTOR and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), was being developed by Roche and Genentech as an orally administered therapy of cancer. Apitolisib is a selective, potent, orally bioavailable inhibitor of Class I PI3 kinase (PI3K) and mTOR kinase (TORC1/2) with excellent pharmacokinetic and pharmaceutical properties. Apitolisib displayed excellent potency against class I PI3K isoforms (IC50 PI3K-α, β, δ and γ = 4.8, 27, 6.7 and 14 nM) and mTOR kinase (IC50 = 17 nM) and selectivity against a large panel of other kinases. Apitolisib is in phase II trials by Genentech for the treatment of breast cancer, prostate cancer, endometrium cancer, kidney cancer. However, no recent development has been reported. It is also in phase I trials by Genentech for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Pfizer was developing PF-3882845, an orally available nonsteroidal antagonist of the mineralocorticoid receptor, for the treatment of diabetic nephropathies. PF‐03882845 is a highly potent (IC50 = 6.3‐13.4 nM, 10% fetal bovine serum & IC50 = 0.504–1.11 nM, absence of serum) selective orally bioavailable mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist. It is a non‐steroidal pyrazoline, unlike steroidal compounds eplerenone and spironolactone. It does not significantly activate or inhibit human androgen receptor, estrogen receptor alpha, and glucocorticoid receptor. PF‐03882845 has been shown to modestly inhibit the progesterone receptor (PR) yielding a 45‐fold selectivity over PR in a cell‐based functional assay. PF‐03882845 was previously in development for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy — development for this indication was terminated for strategic reasons. An alternative indication of hypertension also was not pursued for strategic reasons.

Bicuculline is a phthalide-isoquinoline compound that is a light-sensitive competitive antagonist of GABAA receptors. It was originally identified in 1932 in plant alkaloid extracts and has been isolated from Dicentra cucullaria, Adlumia fungosa, Fumariaceae, and several Corydalis species. Since it blocks the inhibitory action of GABA receptors, the action of bicuculline mimics epilepsy. This property is utilized in laboratories across the world in the in vitro study of epilepsy, generally in hippocampal or cortical neurons in prepared brain slices from rodents. This compound is also routinely used to isolate glutamatergic (excitatory amino acid) receptor function.

Delequamine is a selective antagonist of alpha2 adrenoreceptor, developed by Syntex Research. The compound was investigated for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and was modestly effective in younger (less than 45 years) subjects.

Quinelorane is an octahydropyrimido[4,5-g]quinolone derivative patented by American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co. as for the treatment anxiety, Parkinson's syndrome, depression, and hypertension. Quinelorane acts as an agonist of dopamine agonist for the D2 and D3 receptors. In preclinical studies Quinelorane (IM) treatment produced dose-dependent effects on male sexual responding. Penile erections and masturbation were markedly facilitated following treatment with either 2.5 or 5 micrograms/kg quinelorane. Higher doses of quinelorane (10 and 25 micrograms/kg) generally did not further augment sexual responding but rather resulted in a return in sexual responding to control vehicle levels. Quinelorane had a biphasic effect on yawning behavior of the monkeys with low doses (2.5 and 5 micrograms/kg) facilitating yawning and high doses (25 micrograms/kg) inhibiting yawning.

Piquindone is an antipsychotic pyrroloisoquinoline derivative that binds to dopamine D2 receptors. It is a potent D-2 antagonist. It has a low potential for extrapyramidal effects and tardive dyskinesia. Piquindone exhibited relatively weaker cataleptogenic and antistereotypic activity than haloperidol, and had minimal activity in a rat chronic stereotypy model of receptor supersensitivity. Piquindone almost as potent as haloperidol, with fewer or less intense extrapyramidal effects and low potential for tardive dyskinesia. Piquindone led to moderate but significant improvements in the positive symptoms of schizophrenia and to improvements in negative symptoms just below the level of statistical significance. Therapeutic efficacy of a piquindone antagonist in Tourette Syndrome can be achieved without production of disabling extrapyramidal-side effects.

Quinpirole (LY 171,555) is a psychoactive drug and research chemical which acts as a selective D2 and D3 receptor agonist. Quinpirole is the most widely used D2 agonist in in vivo and in vitro studies. Specific quinpirole binding in rat brain was saturable, and dependent on temperature, membrane concentration, sodium concentration and guanine nucleotides. Saturation analysis revealed high affinity binding characteristics (KD = 2.3 nM) which were confirmed by association-dissociation kinetics. The regional distribution of [3H]quinpirole binding sites roughly paralleled the distribution of [3H]spiperone binding sites, with greatest densities present in the striatum, nucleus accumbens and olfactory tubercles. A variety of drugs, most notably monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOls), inhibit the binding of [3H]quinpirole, but not [3H]spiperone or [3H](-)N-n-Propylnorapomorphine, in rat striatal membranes by a mechanism that does not appear to involve the enzymatic activity of MAO. Clinically antidepressant MAOIs exhibited selectivity between sites labeled by [3H]quinpirole and [3H]spiperone as did a number of structurally related propargylamines and N-acylethylenediamine derivatives and other drugs such as debrisoquin and phenylbiguanide. Quinpirole has been shown to increase locomotion and sniffing behavior in mice and induces compulsive behavior symptomatic of obsessive compulsive disorder in rats.

IPROCROLOL is a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist with antiarrhythmic properties.

Teloxantrone (also known as DuP 937) was developed as an anthrapyrazole intercalator that inhibits DNA synthesis. Teloxantrone interacts with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair, as well as RNA and protein synthesis. The drug participated in phase II clinical trials in colorectal carcinoma, in non-small cell lung cancer, in metastatic malignant melanoma. However, these studied apparently were discontinued.