Varespladib.

摘要

Anthera Pharmaceuticals is developing an oral formulation of varespladib (A 001; A 002; A-001; A-002; LY 315920; LY 333013; LY315920; LY333013; S 3013; S 5920; S-3013; S-5920; Varespladib methyl) for once-daily treatment of acute coronary syndromes. Varespladib acts by inhibiting secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) and the drug is currently being evaluated in approximately 6500 patients with acute coronary syndromes receiving atorvastatin in the placebo-controlled VISTA 16 (NCT01130246) trial being conducted in North America and Europe. This review discusses the development history and scientific profile of this new compound. This drug profile has been extracted from Wolters Kluwer's Adis R&D Insight drug pipeline database. R&D Insight tracks and evaluates drug development worldwide through the entire development process, from discovery, through pre-clinical and clinical studies to market launch. This is an open access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons License "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivative 3.0" (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original work is properly cited and not altered.