Discovery of sodium 6-[(5-chloro-2-{[(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)methyl]oxy}phenyl)methyl]-2-pyridinecarboxylate (GSK269984A) an EP1 receptor antagonist for the treatment of inflammatory pain

We describe the medicinal chemistry programme that led to the identification of the EP1 receptor antagonist GSK269984A (8h). GSK269984A was designed to overcome development issues encountered with previous EP1 antagonists such as GW848687X and was found to display excellent activity in preclinical models of inflammatory pain. However, upon cross species pharmacokinetic profiling, GSK269984A was predicted to have suboptimal human pharmacokinetic and was thus progressed to a human microdose study.

Graphical abstractThis Letter details the discovery of GSK269984A (8h) which was selected as a clinical development candidate for the treatment of inflammatory pain.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide