Amprenavir

Amprenavir
Clinical data
Trade namesAgenerase
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa699051
License data
Routes of
administration
Oral (capsules)
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
Pharmacokinetic data
Protein binding90%
MetabolismHepatic
Elimination half-life7.1–10.6 hours
Excretion<3% renal
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • (3S)-oxolan-3-yl N-[(2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-4-[N-(2-methylpropyl)(4-aminobenzene)sulfonamido]-1-phenylbutan-2-yl]carbamate
CAS Number
PubChem CID
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
NIAID ChemDB
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.262.589
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC25H35N3O6S
Molar mass505.63 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • O=C(O[C@H]1CCOC1)N[C@@H](Cc2ccccc2)[C@H](O)CN(CC(C)C)S(=O)(=O)c3ccc(N)cc3
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C25H35N3O6S/c1-18(2)15-28(35(31,32)22-10-8-20(26)9-11-22)16-24(29)23(14-19-6-4-3-5-7-19)27-25(30)34-21-12-13-33-17-21/h3-11,18,21,23-24,29H,12-17,26H2,1-2H3,(H,27,30)/t21-,23-,24+/m0/s1 Y
  • Key:YMARZQAQMVYCKC-OEMFJLHTSA-N Y
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Amprenavir (original brand name Agenerase, GlaxoSmithKline) is a protease inhibitor used to treat HIV infection. It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on April 15, 1999, for twice-a-day dosing instead of needing to be taken every eight hours. The convenient dosing came at a price, as the dose required is 1,200 mg, delivered in 8 (eight) very large 150 mg gel capsules or 24 (twenty-four) 50 mg gel capsules twice daily.[1]

It was patented in 1992 and approved for medical use in 1999.[2] Production of amprenavir was discontinued by the manufacturer on December 31, 2004; a prodrug version (fosamprenavir), is available.

  1. ^ "Agenerase (amprenavir) Capsules. Full Prescribing Information. Section Dosage and Administration" (PDF). US Food and Drug Administration. GlaxoSmithKline and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  2. ^ Fischer J, Ganellin CR (2006). Analogue-based Drug Discovery. John Wiley & Sons. p. 509. ISBN 9783527607495.