Fingolimod: lessons learned and new opportunities for treating multiple sclerosis and other disorders

J Chun, Y Kihara, D Jonnalagadda… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Fingolimod (FTY720, Gilenya) was the first US Food and Drug Administration–approved oral
therapy for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Research on modified fungal …

[HTML][HTML] A mechanistically novel, first oral therapy for multiple sclerosis: the development of fingolimod (FTY720, Gilenya)

J Chun, V Brinkmann - Discovery medicine, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder affecting the central nervous
system (CNS) through demyelination and neurodegeneration. Until recently, major …

Fingolimod (FTY720): discovery and development of an oral drug to treat multiple sclerosis

V Brinkmann, A Billich, T Baumruker… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2010 - nature.com
The discovery of fingolimod (FTY720/Gilenya; Novartis), an orally active immunomodulatory
drug, has opened up new approaches to the treatment of multiple sclerosis, the most …

Preclinical discovery and development of fingolimod for the treatment of multiple sclerosis

C Volpi, C Orabona, A Macchiarulo… - Expert opinion on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Fingolimod, the first oral disease-modifying treatment (DMT) in multiple
sclerosis (MS), is a sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor (S1PR) ligand. Approved in 2010 …

Fingolimod is a potential novel therapy for multiple sclerosis

O Aktas, P Küry, B Kieseier, HP Hartung - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2010 - nature.com
Fingolimod (also known as FTY720) is an orally available sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P)
receptor modulator that has unique and potent immunoregulatory properties. Mechanistic …

Fingolimod (FTY720): a recently approved multiple sclerosis drug based on a fungal secondary metabolite

CR Strader, CJ Pearce, NH Oberlies - Journal of natural products, 2011 - ACS Publications
Fingolimod (Gilenya; FTY720), a synthetic compound based on the fungal secondary
metabolite myriocin (ISP-I), is a potent immunosuppressant that was approved (September …

Fingolimod: a review of its use in the management of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

LJ Scott - CNS drugs, 2011 - Springer
Oral fingolimod (Gilenya™), a sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor agonist, is the first
oral agent and the first in a novel class of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) to be …

Mechanism of action of oral fingolimod (FTY720) in multiple sclerosis

J Chun, HP Hartung - Clinical neuropharmacology, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Fingolimod (FTY720) is a first-in-class orally bioavailable compound that has shown efficacy
in advanced clinical trials for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). In vivo, fingolimod is …

Fingolimod for multiple sclerosis and emerging indications: appropriate patient selection, safety precautions, and special considerations

I Ayzenberg, R Hoepner, I Kleiter - Therapeutics and clinical risk …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Fingolimod (FTY720), an immunotherapeutic drug targeting the sphingosine-1-phosphate
receptor, is a widely used medication for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). Apart …

Molecular pharmacology and novel potential therapeutic applications of fingolimod

S Pournajaf, L Dargahi, M Javan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fingolimod is a well-tolerated, highly effective disease-modifying therapy successfully
utilized in the management of multiple sclerosis. The active metabolite, fingolimod …