Letairis, Volibris(ambrisentan)
Ambrisentan, Letairis, Volibris (ambrisentan) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Ambrisentan was first approved as Letairis on 2007-06-15. It is used to treat pulmonary hypertension in the USA. It has been approved in Europe to treat pulmonary hypertension. The pharmaceutical is active against endothelin-1 receptor.
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Therapeutic Areas
Therapeutic Area | MeSH |
|---|---|
| respiratory tract diseases | D012140 |
| cardiovascular diseases | D002318 |
Trade Name
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Ambrisentan, Letairis (discontinued: Ambrisentan)
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Ambrisentan
Tradename | Company | Number | Date | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LETAIRIS | Gilead Sciences | N-022081 RX | 2007-06-15 | 2 products, RLD, RS |
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Brand Name | Status | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| ambrisentan | ANDA | 2026-01-27 |
| letairis | New Drug Application | 2025-08-22 |
Indications
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Indication | Ontology | MeSH | ICD-10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pulmonary hypertension | EFO_0001361 | D006976 | I27.20 |
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Indications Phases 4
Indication | MeSH | Ontology | ICD-10 | Ph 1 | Ph 2 | Ph 3 | Ph 4 | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension | D006973 | EFO_0000537 | I10 | — | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| Pulmonary hypertension | D006976 | EFO_0001361 | I27.20 | — | 4 | 7 | 3 | — | 13 |
| Pulmonary arterial hypertension | D000081029 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Familial primary pulmonary hypertension | D065627 | — | I27.0 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Systemic scleroderma | D012595 | EFO_0000717 | M34 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Diffuse scleroderma | D045743 | EFO_0000404 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Liver cirrhosis | D008103 | EFO_0001422 | K74.0 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dyspnea | D004417 | — | R06.0 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Sclerosis | D012598 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Heart failure | D006333 | EFO_0003144 | I50 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Indications Phases 3
Indication | MeSH | Ontology | ICD-10 | Ph 1 | Ph 2 | Ph 3 | Ph 4 | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fibrosis | D005355 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis | D054990 | — | J84.112 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Pulmonary fibrosis | D011658 | — | J84.10 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Sarcoidosis | D012507 | EFO_0000690 | D80-D89 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
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Indications Phases 1
Indication | MeSH | Ontology | ICD-10 | Ph 1 | Ph 2 | Ph 3 | Ph 4 | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sickle cell anemia | D000755 | EFO_0000697 | D57 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Indications Without Phase
Indication | MeSH | Ontology | ICD-10 | Ph 1 | Ph 2 | Ph 3 | Ph 4 | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ischemia | D007511 | EFO_0000556 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
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Drug
General
| Drug common name | Ambrisentan |
| INN | ambrisentan |
| Description | Ambrisentan is a diarylmethane. |
| Classification | Small molecule |
| Drug class | endothelin receptor antagonists |
| Image (chem structure or protein) |  |
| Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence) | COC(c1ccccc1)(c1ccccc1)[C@H](Oc1nc(C)cc(C)n1)C(=O)O |
Identifiers
| PDB | — |
| CAS-ID | 177036-94-1 |
| RxCUI | — |
| ChEMBL ID | CHEMBL1111 |
| ChEBI ID | — |
| PubChem CID | 6918493 |
| DrugBank | DB06403 |
| UNII ID | HW6NV07QEC (ChemIDplus, GSRS) |
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Homo sapiens
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EDNRA
Gene synonyms
ETA, ETRA
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Protein name
endothelin-1 receptor
Protein synonyms
endothelin receptor subtype A, Endothelin receptor type A, endothelin-1-specific receptor, ET-A, ETA-R, G protein-coupled receptor, hET-AR
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Ednra (13617)
endothelin-1 receptor (Q91VV2)
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