Compound ID | 987
Synonym(s): Evernimicin | SCH 27899
Class: Aminoglycoside
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive |
| Details of activity: | Inhibits protein synthesis by binding to 50S subunit; active against a number of Gram positives including MRSS and MRSA, this was more potent than vancomcyin and teicoplanin |
| Propensity to select resistant mutants: | Yes |
| Description: | Boucher HW, Thauvin-eliopoulos C, Loebenberg D, Eliopoulos GM. In vivo activity of evernimicin (SCH 27899) against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in experimental infective endocarditis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2001;45(1):208-11. |
| Institute where first reported: | Schering-Plough (Merck & Co., US) |
| Year first mentioned: | 1965 |
| Highest development stage: | Phase 3 |
| Development status: | Inactive |
| Reason dropped: | Pharmacokinetic complications |
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| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6917933 |
| Guide to Pharmacology: | evernimicin |
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