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XF 73

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PubChem CID
  
9918582

Molar mass
  
765.82 g·mol−1

ChemSpider ID
  
8094227

XF-73 (Exeporfinium chloride) is an experimental drug candidate. It is an anti-microbial that works via weakening bacteria cell walls. It is a potential treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and possibly Clostridium difficile. It is being developed by Destiny Pharma Ltd.

Structurally it is a dicationic porphyrin.

It has completed a phase I clinical trial for nasal decolonisation of MRSA—being tested against 5 bacterial strains. It seems unlikely to cause MRSA to develop resistance to it.

In 2014 a phase 1 clinical trial for nasal administration was run.

As of February 2016 another phase 1 clinical trial (for nasal administration) is recruiting.

References

XF-73 Wikipedia