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US 10,485,791 B2Granted
Riluzole prodrugs and their use
AssigneeBiohaven Therapeutics Ltd.
InventorsJay Edward Wrobel, Allen B. Reitz, Jeffery Claude Pelletier, Garry Robert Smith, Haiyan Bian
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Abstract
Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include substituted riluzole prodrugs useful for the treatment of cancers including melanoma, breast cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer through the release of riluzole. Prodrugs of riluzole have enhanced stability to hepatic metabolism and are delivered into systemic circulation by oral administration, and then cleaved to release riluzole in the plasma via either an enzymatic or general biophysical release process.
Claims4
A compound having formula:
- wherein:
- R23 is selected from the group consisting H, CH3, CH2CH3, CH2CH2CH3, CH2CCH, CH(CH3)2, CH2CH(CH3)2, CH(CH3)CH2CH3, CH2OH, CH2OCH2Ph, CH2CH2OCH2Ph, CH(OH)CH3, CH2Ph, CH2(cyclohexyl), CH2(4-OH-Ph), (CH2)4NH2, (CH2)3NHC(NH2)NH, CH2(3-indole), CH2(5-imidazole), CH2CO2H, CH2CH2CO2H, CH2CONH2, and CH2CH2CONH2;
- or an enantiomer, diastereomer, hydrate, solvate, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a complex thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.