Crofelemer - Napo Pharmaceuticals
Alternative Names: CRO-HIV; CRO-IBS; CRO-ID; CRO-PED; Fulyzaq; Mytesi; Provir; SP 303; TRN-002- Napo Pharmaceuticals; VirendLatest Information Update: 26 Jun 2025
At a glance
- Originator Shaman Pharmaceuticals
- Developer Napo Pharmaceuticals; Salix Pharmaceuticals; Shaman Pharmaceuticals
- Class Antidiarrhoeals; Biopolymers; Chromans; Flavonoids; Irritable bowel syndrome therapies; Phytotherapies; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Chloride channel antagonists
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
- Available For Licensing Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Diarrhoea
- Phase II Irritable bowel syndrome; Short bowel syndrome
- No development reported Inflammatory bowel diseases
- Discontinued Herpes simplex virus infections; Influenza virus infections
Most Recent Events
- 01 May 2025 Phase-II clinical trials in Diarrhoea (In infants, In children, In adolescents) in USA, United Arab Emirates (PO) (NCT06721871)
- 01 Apr 2025 apo Therapeutics plans a phase II trial for Short bowel syndrome in Germany and Italy (PO, solution) (NCT06904872)
- 12 Dec 2024 Napo Pharmaceuticals plans a phase II trial for Microvillus Inclusion Disease (In Infants, In Children, In Adolescents) in USA, Italy and UAE in January 2025 (PO) (NCT06721871)