TABLE 1 | Selected anti-obesity drugs in development

From the following article:

Anti-obesity therapies

Irena Melnikova and David Wages

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 5, 369-370 (May 2006)

doi:10.1038/nrd2037

DrugCompanyTarget/mechanismStatus
Appetite suppressants
Rimonabant (Acomplia)Sanofi-AventisCB1 receptorApprovable letter from FDA
APD356Arena Pharmaceuticals5-HT2C receptorPhase IIb
Pramlintide/AC137 (Symlin)Amylin PharmaceuticalsAntiglycaemic agent (Synthetic analogue of human amylin)Marketed for diabetes; Phase II for obesity
PYY3-36NastechNPY receptorPhase I
PYY3-36EmisphereNPY receptorPhase I
AC 162352/PYY3-36Amylin PharmaceuticalsNPY receptorPhase I
OxyntomodulinThiakisRegulation of the appetite circuits in the hypothalamusPhase I
TM 303387TM PharmaNPY2 and NPY4 receptorsPhase I/II
Anti-ghrelin vaccineCytos BiotechnologyGhrelinPhase I/IIa
Nutrient-absorption inhibitors
Cetilistat (ATL-962)AlizymeLipasesPhase II
GT 389-255PeptimmunePancreatic lipasesPhase I
AOD 9604 (hGH 177-191)Metabolic PharmaceuticalsIncreased metabolism (peptide of human growth hormone)Phase IIb
Oleoyl-estrone (OE)Manhattan PharmaceuticalsInduces adipose tissue wasting and lowers appetitePhase I

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