cangrelor
Also known as AR-C69931MX, ARL69931, Kengreal®, [dichloro-[[[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[6-(2-methylsulfanylethylamino)-2-(3,3,3-trifluoropropylsulfanyl)purin-9-yl]oxolan-2-yl]methoxy-hydroxyphosphoryl]oxy-hydroxyphosphoryl]methyl]phosphonic acid
Cangrelor, sold under the brand name Kengreal among others, is a P2Y12 inhibitor FDA approved as of June 2015 as an antiplatelet drug for intravenous application. Some P2Y12 inhibitors are used clinically as effective inhibitors of adenosine diphosphate-mediated platelet activation and aggregation.
Key facts
- Drug.image
- Cangrelor structure.svg
- Drug.image_class
- skin-invert-image
- Drug.width
- 300
- Drug.tradename
- Kengreal, Kengrexal, others
- Drug.DailyMedID
- Cangrelor
- Drug.routes_of_administration
- Intravenous
- Drug.ATC_prefix
- B01
- Drug.ATC_suffix
- AC25
- Drug.legal_CA
- Rx-only
- Drug.legal_US
- Rx-only
- Drug.legal_EU
- Rx-only
- Drug.bioavailability
- 100% (IV)
- Drug.protein_bound
Article
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- Medical use
- Adverse effects
- Pharmacology
- Chemistry
- Synthesis
- Research
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Cangrelor, sold under the brand name Kengreal among others, is a P2Y12 inhibitor FDA approved as of June 2015 as an antiplatelet drug for intravenous application. Some P2Y12 inhibitors are used clinically as effective inhibitors of adenosine diphosphate-mediated platelet activation and aggregation.
It is authorized as a generic medication.