Tegoprazan Hydrochloride Salt for Solubility and Bioavailability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing benzimidazole derivative compounds, such as tegoprazan, face challenges in achieving optimal aqueous solubility, stability, and bioavailability, particularly when formulated into pharmaceutical products, which can be influenced by food intake and gastrointestinal pH fluctuations.

Innovation Solution

Development of a hydrochloride salt or hydrochloride hydrate of the benzimidazole derivative tegoprazan, which exhibits significantly higher solubility, stability, and bioavailability, maintaining immediate-release properties regardless of gastrointestinal pH changes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the freebase form of tegoprazan is used, then the compound has good light stability and low hygroscopicity, but the aqueous solubility is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight stabilityVSAvoidaqueous solubility
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by transforming the freebase form into its hydrochloride salt form, which fundamentally alters the chemical parameters of the compound. This transformation increases aqueous solubility while maintaining light stability and hygroscopicity characteristics, directly resolving the contradiction between solubility and stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a composite structure by forming a salt compound between tegoprazan and hydrochloric acid. This composite material (hydrochloride salt) combines the beneficial properties of both components, achieving both high solubility and stability that neither the freebase nor the acid alone could provide.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Quantity of substance

If previously known salts such as pidolate or malate are used, then aqueous solubility is improved, but stability and bioavailability are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaqueous solubilityVSAvoidstability
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the chemical parameter by selecting hydrochloric acid as the counterion instead of previously known salts like pidolate or malate. This parameter change results in a hydrochloride salt that achieves both high aqueous solubility and superior stability, overcoming the limitations of earlier salt formulations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent eliminates the need for complex, less stable salt formulations by using a simple and robust hydrochloride salt system. This approach replaces previously known salts with a more reliable alternative that provides consistent performance without requiring complex formulation strategies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

3Ease of manufacture

If the freebase form is used, then the compound can be formulated into tablets, but bioavailability is insufficient and affected by food intake

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveformulation capabilityVSAvoidbioavailability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the freebase form into its hydrochloride salt form, fundamentally changing the pharmacokinetic parameters. This transformation ensures consistent bioavailability regardless of food intake by optimizing the compound's absorption characteristics, while still allowing for standard tablet formulation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The hydrochloride salt acts as an intermediary form that bridges the gap between formulation capability and bioavailability. It maintains compatibility with standard pharmaceutical formulation processes while simultaneously improving absorption and reducing food-effect variability, serving as a mediating structure that achieves both goals.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Reliability

If multiple salt forms are explored, then solubility and stability can be optimized, but development time and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepharmaceutical propertiesVSAvoiddevelopment time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent makes a direct parameter change from freebase to hydrochloride salt form, which immediately improves pharmaceutical properties without requiring extensive screening of multiple salt options. This single, well-chosen parameter change achieves optimization while minimizing development time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adopts a streamlined approach by focusing on a single optimal salt form (hydrochloride) rather than exhaustively testing multiple possibilities. This strategy reduces development time and resource consumption while still achieving superior pharmaceutical properties, effectively discarding the need for prolonged multi-option exploration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The hydrochloride salt or hydrate demonstrates at least 10 times higher solubility than the freebase form, ensuring stable bioavailability and rapid drug action, with superior stability and disintegration characteristics, enhancing patient convenience and therapeutic efficacy.

Implementation Method 1

The hydrochloride salt or hydrochloride hydrate of the compound of Formula 1 has been confirmed to have a higher solubility at least 10 times or more compared to that of the existing commercially available freebase crystalline form A

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectDissolution: Solvation

Implementation Method 2

the hydrochloride hydrate showed the best stability in all aspects, and showed significantly better stability compared to other acid addition salts even when combined with pharmaceutically acceptable additives

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCrystalline structure stability: Crystallisation

Implementation Method 3

the hydrochloride salt or hydrochloride hydrate has significantly better overall liquid stability, solid stability, and photostability compared to other types of acid addition salts including known acid addition salts

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPhotostability: Photodissociation

Data Source

PatentEP4678639A1Salt of benzimidazole derivative
Publication Date: 2026.01.14 JW PHARMA CORP
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AI summary

Provided are a hydrochloride or hydrochloride hydrate of a compound of Formula 1, and a pharmaceutical composition including the same.