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Also known as Cardarine, GSK-516, GW 501516, GW1516, Endurobol, GW-516, GW 1516, GW-1516

GW501516 (also known as GW-501,516, GW1516, GSK-516, cardarine, and on the black market as endurobol) is a PPARδ receptor agonist that was invented in a collaboration between Ligand Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline in the 1990s. It entered into clinical development as a drug candidate for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, but was abandoned in 2007 because animal testing showed that the drug caused cancer to develop rapidly in several organs.

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  • History
  • Performance-enhancing drug
  • Mechanism of action
  • See also
  • References

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| tradename = | legal_AU = Scheduled as illegal from June 2018 | legal_US = unscheduled | legal_UK = unscheduled | routes_of_administration = By mouth | pregnancy_category = N/A

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