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DR ANTHONY MELVIN CRASTO Ph.D

DR ANTHONY MELVIN CRASTO Ph.D

DR ANTHONY MELVIN CRASTO, Born in Mumbai in 1964 and graduated from Mumbai University, Completed his Ph.D from ICT, 1991,Matunga, Mumbai, India, in Organic Chemistry, The thesis topic was Synthesis of Novel Pyrethroid Analogues, Currently he is working with AFRICURE PHARMA, ROW2TECH, NIPER-G, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India as ADVISOR, earlier assignment was with GLENMARK LIFE SCIENCES LTD, as CONSUlTANT, Retired from GLENMARK in Jan2022 Research Centre as Principal Scientist, Process Research (bulk actives) at Mahape, Navi Mumbai, India. Total Industry exp 32 plus yrs, Prior to joining Glenmark, he has worked with major multinationals like Hoechst Marion Roussel, now Sanofi, Searle India Ltd, now RPG lifesciences, etc. He has worked with notable scientists like Dr K Nagarajan, Dr Ralph Stapel, Prof S Seshadri, etc, He did custom synthesis for major multinationals in his career like BASF, Novartis, Sanofi, etc., He has worked in Discovery, Natural products, Bulk drugs, Generics, Intermediates, Fine chemicals, Neutraceuticals, GMP, Scaleups, etc, he is now helping millions, has 9 million plus hits on Google on all Organic chemistry websites. His friends call him Open superstar worlddrugtracker. His New Drug Approvals, Green Chemistry International, All about drugs, Eurekamoments, Organic spectroscopy international, etc in organic chemistry are some most read blogs He has hands on experience in initiation and developing novel routes for drug molecules and implementation them on commercial scale over a 32 PLUS year tenure till date Feb 2023, Around 35 plus products in his career. He has good knowledge of IPM, GMP, Regulatory aspects, he has several International patents published worldwide . He has good proficiency in Technology transfer, Spectroscopy, Stereochemistry, Synthesis, Polymorphism etc., He suffered a paralytic stroke/ Acute Transverse mylitis in Dec 2007 and is 90 %Paralysed, He is bound to a wheelchair, this seems to have injected feul in him to help chemists all around the world, he is more active than before and is pushing boundaries, He has 100 million plus hits on Google, 2.5 lakh plus connections on all networking sites, 100 Lakh plus views on dozen plus blogs, 227 countries, 7 continents, He makes himself available to all, contact him on +91 9323115463, email amcrasto@gmail.com, Twitter, @amcrasto , He lives and will die for his family, 90% paralysis cannot kill his soul., Notably he has 38 lakh plus views on New Drug Approvals Blog in 227 countries......https://newdrugapprovals.wordpress.com/ , He appreciates the help he gets from one and all, Friends, Family, Glenmark, Readers, Wellwishers, Doctors, Drug authorities, His Contacts, Physiotherapist, etc He has total of 32 International and Indian awards

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Actavis to Launch Generic Epilepsy/Bipolar Drug

July 17, 2013 3:14 am / 9 Comments on Actavis to Launch Generic Epilepsy/Bipolar Drug


LAMOTRIGINE

 

PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 15, 2013 (AP) — Drugmaker Actavis Inc. said Monday it’s received U.S. approval to sell a generic version of Lamictal, a tablet for treating epilepsy and bipolar disorder.

Actavis, based in Parsippany, N.J., said the Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for it to sell lamotrigine tablets in doses of 25, 50, 100 and 200 milligrams.http://www.pharmalive.com/actavis-to-launch-generic-epilepsybipolar-drug

Lamotrigine, marketed in the US and most of Europe as Lamictal /ləˈmɪktəl/ byGlaxoSmithKline, is an anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. It is also used off-label as an adjunct in treating depression. For epilepsy, it is used to treat focal seizures, primary and secondary tonic-clonic seizures, and seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Like many other anticonvulsant medications, Lamotrigine also seems to act as an effective mood stabilizer, and has been the first U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug for this purpose since lithium, a drug approved almost 30 years earlier. It is approved for the maintenance treatment of bipolar type I. Chemically unrelated to other anticonvulsants (due to lamotrigine’s being aphenyltriazine), lamotrigine has many possible side-effects. Lamotrigine is generally accepted to be a member of the sodium channel blocking class of antiepileptic drugs,but it could have additional actions since it has a broader spectrum of action than other sodium channel antiepileptic drugs such as phenytoin and carbamazepine and is effective in the treatment of the depressed phase of bipolar disorder, whereas other sodium channel blocking antiepileptic drugs are not. In addition, lamotrigine shares few side-effects with other, unrelated anticonvulsants known to inhibit sodium channels, which further emphasizes its unique properties. Lamotrigine is inactivated by hepatic glucuronidation.

Soliris Gets Thumbs Up From EMA’s COMP

July 17, 2013 3:06 am / 1 Comment on Soliris Gets Thumbs Up From EMA’s COMP


eculizumab

CAS number   219685-50-4

Alexion’s Soliris® (eculizumab) Receives Positive Opinion from the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products for Treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO)

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXN) today announced that Soliris® (eculizumab), the company’s first-in-class terminal complement inhibitor, has received a positive opinion for orphan medicinal product designation from the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica (NMO), a life-threatening, ultra-rare neurological disorder. The positive opinion of the COMP has now been forwarded to the European Commission for final approval and publication in the community register. Soliris is not approved in any country for the treatment of patients with NMO

http://www.pharmalive.com/soliris-gets-thumbs-up-from-emas-comp

 

Soliris is a formulation of eculizumab which is a recombinant humanized monoclonal IgG2/4;κ antibody produced by murine myeloma cell culture and purified by standard bioprocess technology. Eculizumab contains human constant regions from human IgG2 sequences and human IgG4 sequences and murine complementarity-determining regions grafted onto the human framework light- and heavy-chain variable regions. Eculizumab is composed of two 448 amino acid heavy chains and two 214 amino acid light chains and has a molecular weight of approximately 148 kDa.

 

Eculizumab (INN and USAN; trade name Soliris®) is a humanized monoclonal antibody that is a first-in-class terminal complement inhibitor and the first therapy approved for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a rare, progressive, and sometimes life-threatening disease characterized by excessive destruction of red blood cells (hemolysis).[1] It costs £400,000 ($US 600,000) per year per patient.[1]

Eculizumab also is the first agent approved for the treatment of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), an ultra-rare genetic disease that causes abnormal blood clots to form in small blood vessels throughout the body, leading to kidney failure, damage to other vital organs and premature death.[2][3]

In clinical trials in patients with PNH, eculizumab was associated with reductions in chronic hemolysis, thromboembolic events, and transfusion requirements, as well as improvements in PNH symptoms, quality of life, and survival.[1][4][5][6] Clinical trials in patients with aHUS demonstrated inhibition of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA),[7] the formation of blood clots in small blood vessels throughout the body,[1][3][4] including normalization of platelets and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), as well as maintenance or improvement in renal function.[7]

Eculizumab was discovered and developed by Alexion Pharmaceuticals and is manufactured by Alexion. It was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 16, 2007 for the treatment of PNH, and on September 23, 2011 for the treatment of aHUS. It was approved by the European Medicines Agency for the treatment of PNH on June 20, 2007, and on November 24, 2011 for the treatment of aHUS. Eculizumab is currently being investigated as a potential treatment for other severe, ultra-rare disorders

  1. Hillmen, Young, Schubert, P, N, J, et al (2006). “The complement inhibitor eculizumab in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria”.N Engl J Med 355 (12): 1233–1243. doi:10.1056/NEJMMoa061648. PMID 16990386.
  2. Noris, Caprioli, Bresin, M, J, E, et al. (2010). “Relative role of genetic complement abnormalities in sporadic and familial aHUS and their impact on clinical phenotype”. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 5: 1844–1859.
  3. Caprioli, Noris, Brioschi, J, M, S, et al (2006). “Genetics of HUS: the impact of MPC, CFH, and IF mutations on clinical presentation, response to treatment, and outcome”. Blood 108: 1267–1279.
  4.  Hillman, Hall, Marsh, P, C, JC, et al (2004). “Effect of eculizumab on hemolysis and transfusion requirements in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria”. N Eng J Med 350: 552–559.
  5.  Ray, Burrows, Ginsberg, Burrows, JG, RF, JS, EA (2000). “Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and the risk of venous thrombosis: review and recommendations for management of the pregnant and nonpregnant patient”. Haemostasis 30: 103–107.
  6.  Kelly, Hill, Arnold, RJ, A, LM, et al (2011). “Long-term treatment with eculizumab in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: sustained efficacy and improved survival”. Blood 117: 6786–6792.
  7. .Soliris® (eculizumab) prescribing information (2011). Cheshire, CT: Alexion Pharmaceuticals.http://www.soliris.net/sites/default/files/assets/soliris)pi.pdf.

Novartis investigational drug LDK378, a selective inhibitor of (ALK), shows a marked clinical response ….49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on June 3, 2013

July 16, 2013 7:33 am / 2 Comments on Novartis investigational drug LDK378, a selective inhibitor of (ALK), shows a marked clinical response ….49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on June 3, 2013


Formula Image

LDK378

J. Med. Chem. 2013, DOI:10.1021/jm400402q).

CAS Number:
1032900-25-6
Mol. Formula:
C28H36ClN5O3S
MW:
558.13
LDK378 is a highly selective, orally bioavailable and ATP-competitive small molecule inhibitor of ALK (Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase), a receptor tyrosine kinase considered to be an important lung cancer drug target. LDK378 displays enhanced potency over Crizotinib and noteworthy antitumor activity for ALK-activated, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Alessandro Riva
Alessandro Riva, MD, Global Head of Oncology Development & Medical Affairs for Novartis Oncology,
The FDA recently designated LDK378 as a breakthrough therapy based on encouraging results from early clinical trials in patients with ALK-positive, non-small-cell lung cancer.

Novartis investigational drug LDK378, a selective inhibitor of the cancer target anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), shows a marked clinical response in patients with ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) during the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on June 3, 2013.

Doctors and patients are clamoring for more ways to fight lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., of which NSCLC is the most common form. In March, LDK378 received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The designation is intended to expedite the development and review of drugs that treat life-threatening conditions and show improvement over available therapies.

Currently, two Phase II clinical trials are actively recruiting patients worldwide. One study focuses on patients with ALK+ NSCLC who were previously treated with chemotherapy and crizotinib (NCT01685060). The second study examines LDK378 in patients who are crizotinib-naive (NCT01685138). In addition, Phase III clinical trials are planned to begin in the coming months, aiming to enroll more than 1,100 patients with ALK+ NSCLC at sites worldwide. Novartis plans to file for approval the drug in early 2014.

Chemical Name of LDK378

5-chloro-N2-(2-isopropoxy-5-methyl-4-(piperidin-4-yl)phenyl)-N4-(2-(isopropylsulfonyl)phenyl)pyrimidine-2,4-diamine

Chemical Synthesis of LDK378

Chemical Synthesis of LDK378-ALK inhibitor-Lung Cancer-Novartis

Technical Data of LDK378
1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6 + trace D2O) δ 8.32 (s,1H), 8.27 (d, 1H), 7.88 (d, 1H), 7.67 (dd, 1H), 7.45 (dd, 1H), 7.42 (s, 1H), 6.79 (s, 1H), 4.56 – 4.48(m, 1H), 3.49 – 3.32 (m, 3H), 3.10 - 2.91 (m, 3H), 2.09 (s, 3H), 1.89 – 1.77 (m, 4H), 1.22 (d, 6H), 1.13 (d, 6H); ESMS m/z 558.1 (M + H+).

The compound LDK378, a highly selective inhibitor of ALK, has been granted “Breakthrough Therapy Designation” by the FDA for the treatment of patients with ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have already received treatment with crizotinib (Xalkori).

ClinicalTrials.gov. A Dose Finding Study With Oral LDK378 in Patients With Tumors Characterized by Genetic Abnormalities in Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) (Phase 1). http://www.http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01283516; Accessed June 7, 2013; currently recruiting participants.

ClinicalTrials.gov. LDK378 in crizotinib naïve adult patients with ALK-activated non-small cell lung cancer (Phase 2). http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01685138; Accessed June 7, 2013; currently recruiting participants.

ClinicalTrials.gov. LDK378 in adult patients with ALK-activated NSCLC previously treated with chemotherapy and crizotinib (phase 2) http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01685060; Accessed June 7,2013; currently recruiting participants.

Mehra R, Camidge DR, Sharma S, et al. First-in-human phase I study of the ALK inhibitor LDK378 in advanced solid tumors. J Clin Oncol 30, 2012 (suppl; abstr 3007).

Alice Tsang Shaw, et al., Clinical activity of the ALK inhibitor LDK378 in advanced, ALK-positive NSCLC; 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting; Abstract Number: 8010; Citation: J Clin Oncol 31, 2013 (suppl; abstr 8010)

Tom H. Marsilje, Wei Pei, Bei Chen, Wenshuo Lu, Tetsuo Uno, Yunho Jin, Tao Jiang, Sungjoon Kim, Nanxin Li, Markus Warmuth, Yelena Sarkisova, Fangxian Sun, Auzon Steffy, AnneMarie C. Pferdekamper, Sean B Joseph, Young Kim, Tove Tuntland, Xiaoming Cui, Nathanael S Gray, Ruo Steensma, Yongqin Wan, Jiqing Jiang, Jie Li, Greg Chopiuck, W. Perry Gordon, Allen G Li, Wendy Richmond, Johathan Chang, Todd Groessl, You-Qun He, Bo Liu, Andrew Phimister, Alex Aycinena, Badry Bursulaya, Christian Lee, Donald S Karanewsky, H Martin Seidel, Jennifer L Harris, and Pierre-Yves Michellys, Synthesis, Structure-Activity Relationships and In Vivo Efficacy of the Novel Potent and Selective Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Inhibitor LDK378 Currently In Phase 1 and 2 Clinical Trials, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2013

Carlos Garcia-Echeverria, Takanori Kanazawa, Eiji Kawahara, Keiichi Masuya, Naoko Matsuura, Takahiro Miyake, Osamu Ohmori, Ichiro Umemura; 2, 4- di (phenylamino) pyrimidines useful in the treatment of neoplastic diseases, inflammatory and immune system disorders; WO2004080980 A1

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Dolutegravir, Biggest rival to World’s Best Selling HIV Drug Atripla, May Get FDA Approval by August 2013

July 16, 2013 3:45 am / 1 Comment on Dolutegravir, Biggest rival to World’s Best Selling HIV Drug Atripla, May Get FDA Approval by August 2013


Chemical Structure of Dolutegravir - HIV integrase inhibitor - Shionogi - GSK 葛兰素史克与日本盐野义制药公司-艾滋病药物

Dolutegravir (also known as S/GSK1349572), a second-generation integrase inhibitor under development by GlaxoSmithKline and its Japanese partner Shionogi for the treatment of HIV infection, was given priority review status from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February, 2013.

GlaxoSmithKline  marketed the first HIV drug Retrovir in 1987 before losing out to Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD) as the world’s biggest maker of AIDS medicines. The virus became resistant to Retrovir when given on its own, leading to the development of therapeutic cocktails.

The new once-daily drug Dolutegravir, which belongs to a novel class known as integrase inhibitors that block the virus causing AIDS from entering cells, is owned by ViiV Healthcare, a joint venture focused on HIV in which GSK is the largest shareholder.

Raltegravir (brand name Isentress) received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 12 October 2007, the first of a new class of HIV drugs, the integrase inhibitors, to receive such approval. it is a potent and well tolerated antiviral agent.  However, it has the limitations of twice-daily dosing and a relatively modest genetic barrier to the development of resistance, prompting the search for agents with once-daily dosing.

Elvitegravir, approved by the FDA on August 27, 2012 as part of theelvitegravir/cobicistat/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine fixed-dose combination pill (Quad pill, brand name Stribild) has the benefit of being part of a one-pill, once-daily regimen, but suffers from extensive cross-resistance with raltegravir.

Gilead’s Atripla (Emtricitabine/Tenofovir/efavirenz), approved in 2006 with loss of patent protection in 20121, is the top-selling HIV treatment. The $3.2 billion medicine combines three drugs in one pill, two compounds that make up Gilead’s Truvada (Emtricitabine/Tenofovir) and Bristol- Myers Squibb Co.’s Sustiva (Efavirenz).

A three-drug combination containing dolutegravir and ViiV’s older two-in-one treatment Epzicom(Abacavir/Lamivudine, marketed outside US as Kivexa) proved better than Gilead’s market-leading Atripla  in a clinical trial released in July, 2012 (See the Full Conference Report Here), suggesting it may supplant the world’s best-selling AIDS medicine as the preferred front-line therapy. In the latest Phase III study, after 48 weeks of treatment, 88% of patients taking the dolutegravir-based regimen had reduced viral levels to the goal compared with 81% of patients taking Atripla. More patients taking Atripla dropped out of the study because of adverse events compared with those taking dolutegravir — 10% versus just 2% — which was the main driver of the difference in efficacy. The result was the second positive final-stage clinical read-out for dolutegravir, following encouraging results against U.S. company Merck & Co’s rival Isentress in April, 2012 (See the Conference Abstract Here)..

Dolutegravir is viewed by analysts as a potential multibillion-dollar-a-year seller, as its once-daily dosing is likely to be attractive to patients. The FDA is scheduled to issue a decision on the drug’s approval by August 17。

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Dolutegravir synthesis (EP2602260, 2013). LiHMDS as the non-nucleophilic strong base pulling compound 1 carbonyl group proton alpha position with an acid chloride after 2 and ring closure reaction to obtain 3 , 3 via primary amine 4 ring opening ring closure to obtain 5 , NBS the bromine under acidic conditions to obtain aldehyde acetal becomes 6 , 6 of the aldehyde and amino alcohols 7 and turn off the condensation reaction obtained by the ring 8 , alkaline hydrolysis 8 of bromine into a hydroxyl group and hydrolyzable ester obtained 9 after the 10 occurred acid condensation Dolutegravir.

Roche may bid for Alexion, gets Erivedge EU approval

July 16, 2013 3:16 am / Leave a comment


 

Erivedge , Vismodegib

The molecule also is known as GDC-0449 and RG3616.

read all at

http://pharmatimes.com/Article/13-07-15/Roche_may_bid_for_Alexion_gets_Erivedge_EU_approval.aspx

Vismodegib works by interfering with the membrane protein Smoothened, which provides positive signals to the Hh pathway. At present, there are no FDA-approved drugs targeting Hh signaling, although the pathway is the focus of investigation in a variety of cancers.

Meantime, Roche has obtained conditional European approval for Erivedge (vismodegib) for the treatment of adults with symptomatic metastatic basal cell carcinoma (BCC) or locally advanced BCC inappropriate for surgery or radiotherapy.

The Basel-based group noted that the approval makes Erivedge, a capsule taken once-a-day, the first licensed medicine for patients in the European Union “with this disfiguring and potentially life-threatening form of skin cancer”. Chief medical officer Hal Barron said the green light “is great news for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma, who previously had no medicines to treat their disease”, adding that Erivedge substantially reduced tumour size in patients in clinical trials.

Under the conditional approval, Roche will provide additional data from an ongoing global safety study. Erivedge was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in January 2012 following a priority review.

Vismodegib (trade name Erivedge) is a drug for the treatment of basal-cell carcinoma(BCC). The approval of vismodegib on January 30, 2012, represents the first Hedgehog signaling pathway targeting agent to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.[1] The drug is also undergoing clinical trials for metastatic colorectal cancer,small-cell lung cancer, advanced stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, medulloblastomaand chondrosarcoma as of June 2011.[2] The drug was developed by the biotechnology /pharmaceutical company Genentech, which is headquartered at South San Francisco, California, USA.

Vismodegib is indicated for patients with basal cell carcinoma (BCC), which has metastasized to other parts of the body, relapsed after surgery, or cannot be treated with surgery or radiation.[3]

Hedgehog Activation.

The substance acts as a cyclopamine-competitive antagonist of the smoothened receptor (SMO) which is part of the hedgehog signaling pathway.[2] SMO inhibition causes the transcription factors GLI1 and GLI2 to remain inactive, which prevents the expression of tumor mediating genes within the hedgehog pathway.[4] This pathway is pathogenetically relevant in more than 90% of basal-cell carcinomas.[5]

Hedgehog pathway
Ligand-dependent Hedgehog signaling.

 

  1.  “Vismodegib, First Hedgehog Inhibitor, Approved for BCC Patients”.
  1.  “Vismodegib, First Hedgehog Inhibitor, Approved for BCC Patients”.
  2.  Molecule of the Month. June 2011.
  3.  “FDA approves Erivedge (vismodegib) capsule, the first medicine for adults with advanced basal cell carcinoma”.
  4.  “Vismodegib (GDC-0449) Smoothened Inhibitor – BioOncology”.
  5.  H. Spreitzer (4 July 2011). “Neue Wirkstoffe – Vismodegib”. Österreichische Apothekerzeitung (in German) (14/2011): 10.

Vismodegib is Hedgehog (Hg) path inhibitors. Pka = 3.8 (pyridinium cation); soluble 0.1μg/mL (pH = 7), 0.99mg/mL (pH = 1), logP = 2.7. Vismodegib can be synthesized by the following route:

SEE……..https://newdrugapprovals.org/2016/02/16/vismodegib/

Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.

July 15, 2013 8:04 am / 3 Comments on Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.


 

 

Why haven’t we cured cancer yet? It seems like almost every day, we hear about another miraculous advance in cancer treatment. Drugs that cause tumors to shrink, gene therapies, and even a possible vaccine. And yet, our loved ones keep dying of cancer.

We spoke to cancer experts to find out why the death rate from cancer hasn’t changed in the past 50 years — and we learned how genetic therapies could transform cancer treatments tomorrow.

Top image: Juan Gaertner/Shutterstock.com

http://io9.com/5883180/why-havent-we-cured-cancer-yet

Belinostat (PXD101)

July 15, 2013 7:39 am / 3 Comments on Belinostat (PXD101)


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Belinostat (PXD101)

SPECTRUM

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Belinostat (PXD101) is experimental drug candidate under development byTopoTarget for the treatment of hematological malignancies and solid tumors. It is a histone deacetylase inhibitor.[1]

In 2007 preliminary results were released from the Phase II clinical trial of intravenous belinostat in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel for relapsedovarian cancer.[2] Final results in late 2009 of a phase II trial for T cell lymphomawere encouraging.[3] Belinostat has been granted orphan drug and fast trackdesignation by the FDA.[4]

 

  1.  Plumb, Jane A.; Finn, Paul W.; Williams, Robert J.; Bandara, Morwenna J.; Romero, M. Rosario; Watkins, Claire J.; La Thangue, Nicholas B.; Brown, Robert (2003). “Pharmacodynamic Response and Inhibition of Growth of Human Tumor Xenografts by the Novel Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor PXD101”. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2 (8): 721–728. PMID 12939461.
  2.  “CuraGen Corporation (CRGN) and TopoTarget A/S Announce Presentation of Belinostat Clinical Trial Results at AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference”. October 2007.
  3.  Final Results of a Phase II Trial of Belinostat (PXD101) in Patients with Recurrent or Refractory Peripheral or Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma, December 2009
  4.  “Spectrum adds to cancer pipeline with $350M deal.”. February 2010.

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APAZIQUONE

July 15, 2013 7:31 am / 3 Comments on APAZIQUONE


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APAZIQUONE

Apaziquone (EOquin[1]) is an indolequinone that is a bioreductive prodrug and a chemical analog of the older chemotherapeutic agent mitomycin C. In hypoxic cells, such as those on the inner surface of the urinary bladder, apaziquone is converted to active metabolites by intracellular reductases. The active metabolites alkylate DNA and lead to apoptotic cell death.[2] This activity is preferentially expressed in neoplastic cells.

Cystoscopic appearance of tumors in the bladder.

After administration of apaziquone directly into the urinary bladder, the drug and its active metabolite were not detected in plasma, and there were no systemic side effects[3][4]

Apaziquone bladder cancer staging

Bladder Cancer

Apaziquone has been applied in clinical studies sponsored by Spectrum Pharmaceuticals and Allergan, Inc. for the treatment of superficial (non-muscle invasive) bladder cancer.[3] Approximately 70% of all newly diagnosed patients with bladder cancer have non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and over one million patients in the United States and Europe are affected by the disease. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track review status to apaziquone for this indication.[5]

  1.  “UvA researcher develops new bladder cancer medication”. University of Amsterdam. 25 Jul 2007. 

  2. NCI. “apaziquone”. Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 
  3. Puri R, Palit V, Loadman PM, et al. (October 2006). “Phase I/II pilot study of intravesical apaziquone (EO9) for superficial bladder cancer”. J. Urol. 176 (4 Pt 1): 1344–8. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2006.06.047. PMID 16952628. 
  4.  Hendricksen K, Gleason D, Young JM, et al. (July 2008). “Safety and side effects of immediate instillation of apaziquone following transurethral resection in patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer”. J. Urol. 180 (1): 116–20. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2008.03.031. PMID 18485407. 
  5.  “FDA Designates Fast Track Status For Apaziquone (EOquin) For Bladder Cancer”. Medical News Today. 22 Jul 2009. 

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Dr. Reddy’s Announces the Launch of Decitabine for Injection

July 15, 2013 3:40 am / 1 Comment on Dr. Reddy’s Announces the Launch of Decitabine for Injection


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Decitabine

Hyderabad, India, July 12, 2013 — Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories announced today that it has launched Decitabine for Injection (50mg) a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Dacogen (Decitabine for Injection) in the US market on July 11, 2013, following the approval by the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) of Dr. Reddy’s ANDA for Decitabine for Injection.

The Dacogen brand has U.S. sales of approximately $260 Million MAT for the most recent twelve months ending in July 2013 according to IMS Health*.

Dr. Reddy’s Decitabine for Injection 50 mg is available as a single dose vial.

About Dr. Reddy’s

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (NYSE: RDY) is an integrated global pharmaceutical company, committed to providing affordable and innovative medicines for healthier lives. Through its three businesses – Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients, Global Generics and Proprietary Products – Dr. Reddy’s offers a portfolio of products and services including APIs, custom pharmaceutical services, generics, biosimilars, differentiated formulations and NCEs. Therapeutic focus is on gastro-intestinal, cardiovascular, diabetology, oncology, pain management, anti-infective and pediatrics. Major markets include India, USA, Russia and CIS, Germany, UK, Venezuela, S. Africa, Romania, and New Zealand. For more information, log on to: http://www.drreddys.com.

Dacogen® is a registered trademark used by Eisai Inc. under license from Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Decitabine (trade name Dacogen), or 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine, is a drug for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes, a class of conditions where certain blood cells are dysfunctional, and for acute myeloid leukemia (AML).[1] Chemically, it is a cytidine analog.

Decitabine is a hypomethylating agent.[2][3] It hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.

It functions in a similar manner to azacitidine, although decitabine can only be incorporated into DNA strands while azacitidine can be incorporated into both DNA and RNA chains.

Clinical uses

Decitabine is indicated for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) including previously treated and untreated, de novo and secondary MDS of all French-American-British subtypes (refractory anemia, refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation, and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia) and Intermediate-1, Intermediate-2, and High-Risk International Prognostic Scoring System groups. In patients with renal insufficiency, Batty and colleagues reported the first case series on the feasibility of therapy with hypomethylating agents in patients with renal insufficiency.[4]

Chemical synthesis

Decitabine can be synthesized from a benzoyl-protected chlorosugar:[5] Decitabine.png

  1.  “EC Approves Marketing Authorization Of DACOGEN For Acute Myeloid Leukemia”. 2012-09-28. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  2.  Kantarjian H, Issa JP, Rosenfeld CS, et al. (April 2006). “Decitabine improves patient outcomes in myelodysplastic syndromes: results of a phase III randomized study”. Cancer 106 (8): 1794–803. doi:10.1002/cncr.21792. PMID 16532500.
  3.  Kantarjian HM, O’Brien S, Cortes J, et al. (August 2003). “Results of decitabine (5-aza-2’deoxycytidine) therapy in 130 patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia”. Cancer 98 (3): 522–8. doi:10.1002/cncr.11543. PMID 12879469.
  4.  Ravandi, F.; Cortés, J. E.; O’Brien, S.; Pierce, S.; Garcia-Manero, G.; McCue, D.; Santos, F. P. S.; Jabbour, E. et al. (2010). “Feasibility of Therapy with Hypomethylating Agents in Patients with Renal Insufficiency”. Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia 10 (3): 205–210. doi:10.3816/CLML.2010.n.032. PMID 20511166.  |displayauthors= suggested (help) edit
  5.  Piml, J.; Sorm, F. (1964). Coll. Czech. Chem. Commun. 29: 2576.

Aiding Computer Aided Drug Design by Shahir shamsir

July 13, 2013 9:48 am / 3 Comments on Aiding Computer Aided Drug Design by Shahir shamsir


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