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NVS-BET-1

BRD4 (BD1/2) BET bromodomain inhibitor

wound-heal. at 1 mpk QD, bell-shaped pharm.

from phenotypic screen (MDM2 inhibitor hit)

Nat. Chem. Biol., Jan. 18, 2021

Novartis (NIBR), Basel, CH

Chemical structure of molecule NVS-BET-1
1 min read

The Novartis BET bromodomain inhibitor, NVS-BET-1, is a new chemotype of BRD4 (BD1 and BD2) inhibitor. While we recently highlighted a few high-profile, selective bromodomain inhibitors from AbbVie and GSK, the Novartis team took a different approach to reaching their molecules. The Novartis team was looking for mechanisms that influence keratinocyte differentiation to treat wound healing, and identified BET inhibitors in a phenotypic screen. Interestingly, their proprietary matter emerged from a BRD4 biochemical screen that identified a totally unrelated p53-MDM2 inhibitor as a moderately potent hit. Optimization led to NVS-BET-1 which potently influences wound healing when administered orally at doses as low as 1 mg/kg. The wound-healing effects however, were lost at higher concentrations, recapitulating the “bell-shaped” dose-response curves from…


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