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Also known as Adempas®, BAY 63-2521, Methyl N-(4,6-diamino-2-{1-((2-fluorophenyl)methyl)-1H-pyrazolo(3,4-b)pyridin-3-yl}pyrimidin-5-yl)-N-methylcarbamate, Methyl N-[4,6-Diamino-2-[1-[(2-fluorophenyl)methyl]-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-3-yl]-5-pyrimidinyl]-N-methyl-carbaminate, Riociguatum

Riociguat, sold under the brand name Adempas, is a medication by Bayer that is a stimulator of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC). It is used to treat two forms of pulmonary hypertension (PH): chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Riociguat constitutes the first drug of the class of sGC stimulators. The drug has a half-life of 12 hours and will decrease dyspnea associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Key facts

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Skeletal formula of riociguat
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Ball-and-stick model of riociguat
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Research

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Contraindications
  • Adverse effects
  • Interactions
  • Chemistry and mechanism of action
  • Pharmacology
  • History
  • Discovery
  • Phase I clinical trials
  • Phase II clinical trials
  • Phase III clinical trials
  • CHEST
  • PATENT
  • Other studies
  • Effect of riociguat on bone metabolism
  • Interaction study with sildenafil
  • References

Riociguat, sold under the brand name Adempas, is a medication by Bayer that is a stimulator of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC). It is used to treat two forms of pulmonary hypertension (PH): chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Riociguat constitutes the first drug of the class of sGC stimulators. The drug has a half-life of 12 hours and will decrease dyspnea associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

It is available as a generic medication.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “riociguat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.