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Also known as BMS-247550-01, Ixempra, Aza-epothilone B, Azaepothilone B, Ixempra Kit, BMS-247550

Ixabepilone (INN; also known as azaepothilone B, codenamed BMS-247550) is a pharmaceutical drug developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb as a chemotherapeutic medication for cancer.

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Ixabepilone (INN; also known as azaepothilone B, codenamed BMS-247550) is a pharmaceutical drug developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb as a chemotherapeutic medication for cancer.

==History== Ixabepilone is a semi-synthetic analog of epothilone B, a natural chemical compound produced by Sorangium cellulosum. The structural difference between Epothilone B and Ixabepilone consists of only a single atom oxygen-to-nitrogen subsitution that converts the ester into an amide. Epothilone B itself could not be developed as a pharmaceutical drug because of poor metabolic stability and pharmacokinetics. Ixabepilone was designed through medicinal chemistry to improve upon these properties.

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