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Discovery of BAF312 (Siponimod), a Potent and Selective S1P Receptor Modulator

  • ACS Med Chem Lett. 2013 Jan 4;4(3):333-7. doi: 10.1021/ml300396r.
Shifeng Pan 1 Nathanael S Gray 1 Wenqi Gao 1 Yuan Mi 1 Yi Fan 1 Xing Wang 1 Tove Tuntland 1 Jianwei Che 1 Sophie Lefebvre 1 Yu Chen 1 Alan Chu 1 Klaus Hinterding 2 Anne Gardin 2 Peter End 2 Peter Heining 2 Christian Bruns 2 Nigel G Cooke 2 Barbara Nuesslein-Hildesheim 2
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Affiliations

  • 1 Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation , 10675 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
  • 2 Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research , Novartis Campus, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract

A novel series of alkoxyimino derivatives as S1P1 agonists were discovered through de novo design using FTY720 as the chemical starting point. Extensive structure-activity relationship studies led to the discovery of (E)-1-(4-(1-(((4-cyclohexyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)oxy)imino)ethyl)-2-ethylbenzyl)azetidine-3-carboxylic acid (32, BAF312, Siponimod), which has recently completed phase 2 clinical trials in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Keywords

S1P receptor; S1P1 agonist; lymphocytes.

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