Hiv Prodrugs Cleavable by Cd26
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- DE KOCK HERMAN AUGUSTINUS
- Publication Date
- 2008-09-04
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to prodrug of HIV inhibitory compounds whereby the HIV inhibitory compound is released or activated by proteolysis of a peptidic moiety. The invention also relates to methods for increasing oral uptake, modify serum protein binding, blood-brain barrier penetration or solubility and bioavailability of the HIV inhibitory compounds.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Modern drug discovery techniques (e.g. combinatorial chemistry, high-throughput pharmacological screening, structure-based drug design) are providing very specific and potent drug molecules. However, it is rather common that these novel chemical structures have unfavourable physicochemical and biopharmaceutical properties. Besides, during the development of new therapeutic agents, researchers typically focus on pharmacological and / or biological properties, with less concern for physicochemical properties. However, the physicochemical properties (dissociation constant, solubili...