Lunella Biotech, Inc.

Jussi Kangasmetsa

Federica Sotgia

Michael P Lisanti

Luma G Magalhães

This disclosure describes selective and potent CDK 4/6 inhibitors that show advantageous inhibition of cancer growth, even at low concentrations. This class of anti-cancer CDK 4/6 inhibitors are substituted pyrrolopyrimidine compounds of formula IA, having a fatty acid moiety. These compounds may be used as pharmaceutical compounds for anti-cancer therapies, and are useful for the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of cancer.

Substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines as selective CDK 4/6 inhibitors

The disclosure describes selective and potent CDK 4/6 inhibitors that show advantageous inhibition of cancer growth, even at low concentrations. A class of the CDK 4/6 inhibitors relates to substituted pyridopyrimidines compounds having a fatty acid moiety, and are namely derivatives of Palbociclib of general formula [2A], wherein Ris hydrogen, aryl, alkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, or heterocyclyl; Ris hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, acyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxy alkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxy alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, nitrile, or nitro; Ris hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxy alkyl, or cycloalkyl; and n is an integer from 9 to 20. These compounds may be used as pharmaceutical compounds for anti-cancer therapies, and are useful for the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of cancer.

Selective CDK 4/6 inhibitor cancer therapeutics

This disclosure describes embodiments of selective and potent CDK 4/6 inhibitors that show advantageous inhibition of cancer growth, even at low concentrations. As described herein, compounds of the present approach comprise substituted pyridinylpiperazine-pyrrolopyrimidine compounds having a fatty acid moiety. The compounds described herein may be used as pharmaceutical compounds for anti-cancer therapies, and are useful for the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of cancer. Formula (a)

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