TABLE 1 | Recent patent applications related to FXR and TGR5 receptor modulators

From the following article:

Patent Watch

Charlotte Harrison

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 7, 636-637 (August 2008)

doi:10.1038/nrd2651

Patent number(s)Assignee(s)Subject
WO 2007140183Eli LillyDescribes new pyrazole derivatives that are potent, efficacious and selective FXR agonists; useful for treating dyslipidaemia, coronary artery disease, obesity and hypertension.
WO 2007092751Eli LillyDescribes new aryl-isoxazole derivatives that are FXR modulators that enhance the profile of lipid regulation; useful for treating dyslipidaemia, atherosclerosis and diabetes.
US 20080096921
WO 2008051942
GlaxoSmithKlineThese describe new 2-quinolinecarboxylic acid derivatives (preferably their potassium salts) that act as FXR agonists; useful for treating diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome and organ fibrosis.
WO 2007076260GlaxoSmithKlineDescribes new substituted isoxazole compounds that are FXR agonists that improve the flux of bile acid from the liver to the intestine; useful for treating liver fibrosis, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity.
WO 2007095174Intercept PharmaceuticalsDescribes new bile-acid compounds that are FXR modulators; useful for treating hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia, and metabolic conditions such as insulin resistance, diabetes and obesity.
WO 2008002573Intercept PharmaceuticalsDescribes new 24-nor-5b-cholan-23-sulphonic acid derivatives that are selective FXR modulators; useful for treating gastrointestinal, renal, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
US 2008039435Intercept PharmaceuticalsDescribes new (R)-4-pentanoic acid derivatives that are FXR agonists; useful for increasing HDL-cholesterol, for lowering triglycerides, and for the treatment or prevention of arteriosclerosis, hypercholesterolaemia and hyperlipidaemia.
WO 2008067222KalypsysDescribes new heterocyclic compounds as modulators of TGR5; useful for treating or preventing diabetes, obesity, fatty liver, liver fibrosis, kidney fibrosis, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
WO 2008067219KalypsysDescribes new quinazolinone compounds that are TGR5 modulators; useful for treating or preventing metabolic, cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases.
EP 1810689Mitsubishi PharmaDeascribes a compound that suppresses FXR activity; useful for preventing and/or treating diabetes by suppressing hepatic glucose neogenesis or activating energy metabolism.
WO 2008025540Phenex PharmaceuticalsDescribes new heterocyclic compounds that are potent FXR agonists or partial agonists with improved physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties; useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of obesity, dyslipidaemia and diabetes.
WO 2008000643
US 20080021027
Roche et al.These describe new benzimidazole derivatives that are selective FXR agonists; useful for treating dyslipidaemia, atherosclerosis, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cholesterol gallstone disease.
JP 2008094826TakedaDescribes a heterocyclic amide compound that is an FXR inhibitor without side effects; useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent of hyperlipidaemia, cholesterolaemia and artherosclerosis disease.
JP 2007230909University of TokyoDescribes novel substituted isoxazole derivatives that are FXR agonists or antagonists; useful for preventing and/or treating lipid metabolism disorders.
FXR, farnesoid X receptor; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; TGR5, also known as G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor 1 (GPBAR1).

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