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The discovery of rofecoxib, [MK 966, Vioxx, 4-(4'-methylsulfonylphenyl)-3-phenyl-2(5H)-furanone], an orally active cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor.

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Prasit, P; Wang, Z; Brideau, C; Chan, CC; Charleson, S; Cromlish, W; Ethier, D; Evans, JF; Ford-Hutchinson, AW; Gauthier, JY; Gordon, R ...
Published in: Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
July 1999

The development of a COX-2 inhibitor rofecoxib (MK 966, Vioxx) is described. It is essentially equipotent to indomethacin both in vitro and in vivo but without the ulcerogenic side effect due to COX-1 inhibition.

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Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

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EISSN

1464-3405

ISSN

0960-894X

Publication Date

July 1999

Volume

9

Issue

13

Start / End Page

1773 / 1778

Related Subject Headings

  • Sulfones
  • Rats
  • Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Lactones
  • Isoenzymes
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Indomethacin
  • Humans
 

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Prasit, P., Wang, Z., Brideau, C., Chan, C. C., Charleson, S., Cromlish, W., … Zamboni, R. (1999). The discovery of rofecoxib, [MK 966, Vioxx, 4-(4'-methylsulfonylphenyl)-3-phenyl-2(5H)-furanone], an orally active cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 9(13), 1773–1778. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0960-894x(99)00288-7
Prasit, P., Z. Wang, C. Brideau, C. C. Chan, S. Charleson, W. Cromlish, D. Ethier, et al. “The discovery of rofecoxib, [MK 966, Vioxx, 4-(4'-methylsulfonylphenyl)-3-phenyl-2(5H)-furanone], an orally active cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor.Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 9, no. 13 (July 1999): 1773–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0960-894x(99)00288-7.
Prasit P, Wang Z, Brideau C, Chan CC, Charleson S, Cromlish W, et al. The discovery of rofecoxib, [MK 966, Vioxx, 4-(4'-methylsulfonylphenyl)-3-phenyl-2(5H)-furanone], an orally active cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters. 1999 Jul;9(13):1773–8.
Prasit, P., et al. “The discovery of rofecoxib, [MK 966, Vioxx, 4-(4'-methylsulfonylphenyl)-3-phenyl-2(5H)-furanone], an orally active cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor.Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, vol. 9, no. 13, July 1999, pp. 1773–78. Epmc, doi:10.1016/s0960-894x(99)00288-7.
Prasit P, Wang Z, Brideau C, Chan CC, Charleson S, Cromlish W, Ethier D, Evans JF, Ford-Hutchinson AW, Gauthier JY, Gordon R, Guay J, Gresser M, Kargman S, Kennedy B, Leblanc Y, Léger S, Mancini J, O’Neill GP, Ouellet M, Percival MD, Perrier H, Riendeau D, Rodger I, Zamboni R. The discovery of rofecoxib, [MK 966, Vioxx, 4-(4'-methylsulfonylphenyl)-3-phenyl-2(5H)-furanone], an orally active cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters. 1999 Jul;9(13):1773–1778.
Journal cover image

Published In

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

DOI

EISSN

1464-3405

ISSN

0960-894X

Publication Date

July 1999

Volume

9

Issue

13

Start / End Page

1773 / 1778

Related Subject Headings

  • Sulfones
  • Rats
  • Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Lactones
  • Isoenzymes
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Indomethacin
  • Humans