Sunday, November 22, 2015

Drugs in Clinical Pipeline: Sotagliflozin

Sotagliflozin [(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-2-(4-chloro-3-(4-ethoxybenzyl)phenyl)-6-(methylthio)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3,4,5-triol] is an orally available, potent dual inhibitor of sodium-glucose transporter-1 (SGLT1) and sodium-glucose transporter-2 (SGLT2), with an in vivo inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 36 nM against human SGLT1 and 1.8 nM against human SGLT2.