TG-100801

TG100801 is the first topically applied, multitargeted vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)/Src kinase inhibitor to advance into the clinic. TG100801 significantly reduced VEGF mediated retinal leakage and choroidal neovascularization in relevant pre-clinical models of macular degeneration. In cell based assays, following topical instillation, TG100572, the active drug produced by conversion of TG100801 as it penetrates the eye, was shown to induce apoptosis in proliferating endothelial cells responsible for neovasculariztion and to inhibit inflammatory-mediated processes as measured by endotoxin-induced nitric oxide release in vitro.