What is "forodesine"

n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) A transition-state analog inhibitor of purine nucleoside phosphorylase that is being developed to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Forodesine ( INN; also known as Immucillin H) is a transition-state analog inhibitor of purine nucleoside phosphorylase studied for the treatment of patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and for treatment of B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (B-ALL).

Forodesine was originally discovered by Vern Schramm's laboratory at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and Industrial Research Limited in New Zealand.

Forodesine is being developed by BioCryst Pharmaceuticals as Fodosine. , it is currently in phase II clinical trials..

In 2006, BioCryst announced an licensing agreement with Mundipharma International Holdings Limited (“Mundipharma”) to develop and commercialize Fodosine in markets across Europe, Asia, and Australasia for use in oncology.