Managlinat dialanetil, a fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
Wang, Y.; Tomlinson, B.
Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs 8(10): 849-858
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 1472-4472 PMID: 17907062 Document Number: 608293
Metabasis Therapeutics Inc (formerly Gensia Sicor Inc, which became SICOR Inc), in collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd (formerly Sankyo Co Ltd) is developing the fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase inhibitor managlinat dialanetil, a low-molecular weight purine nucleotide analog that inhibits gluconeogenesis, for the potential treatment of type 2 diabetes. Phase II clinical trials of the compound are underway in Europe and the US.