Pregnancycategory N/A Legal status Never marketed PubChem CID 5362422 | ATC code none CAS Number 130370-60-4 Molar mass 477.64 g/mol | |
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Routes ofadministration Injection into pleural space or abdomen | ||
Batimastat (INN/USAN, codenamed BB-94) is an anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors. It acts as a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor (MMPI) by mimicking natural MMPI peptides.
Batimastat was the first MMPI that went into clinical trials. First results of a Phase I trial appeared in 1994. The drug reached Phase III but was never marketed; mainly because it couldn't be administered orally (as opposed to the newer and chemically similar MMPI marimastat), and injection into the peritoneum caused peritonitis.
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