Ozenoxacin

Ozenoxacin, sold under the brand names Ozanex, Ozewid and Xepi, is a quinolone antibiotic used for the treatment of impetigo.[2] A 1% topical cream is approved for treatment of impetigo in Canada[3] and in the United States.[4][5]

Ozenoxacin
Clinical data
Pronunciationoz en ox' a sin
Trade namesOzanex; Xepi
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa618010
License data
Routes of
administration
Topical
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • 1-Cyclopropyl-8-methyl-7-[5-methyl-6-(methylamino)-3-pyridinyl]-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC21H21N3O3
Molar mass363.417 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • O=C\3c1c(c(c(cc1)c2cc(c(nc2)NC)C)C)N(/C=C/3C(=O)O)C4CC4
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C21H21N3O3/c1-11-8-13(9-23-20(11)22-3)15-6-7-16-18(12(15)2)24(14-4-5-14)10-17(19(16)25)21(26)27/h6-10,14H,4-5H2,1-3H3,(H,22,23)(H,26,27)
  • Key:XPIJWUTXQAGSLK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Ozenoxacin is active against some bacteria that have developed resistance to fluoroquinolone antibiotics.[6]

References

  1. "Xepi- ozenoxacin cream". DailyMed. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. Pubchem. "Ozenoxacin". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  3. "Cipher Pharmaceuticals Receives Health Canada Approval of Ozanex (ozenoxacin cream 1%)" (Press release). Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  4. "Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Receives FDA Approval for Xepi (ozenoxacin) Cream, 1%, a Novel Topical Antibiotic for Impetigo" (Press release). Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. via PRNewswire.
  5. "Xepi (ozenoxacin) Cream". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  6. López Y, Tato M, Espinal P, Garcia-Alonso F, Gargallo-Viola D, Cantón R, Vila J (Dec 2013). "In vitro activity of Ozenoxacin against quinolone-susceptible and quinolone-resistant gram-positive bacteria". Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 57 (12): 6389–6392. doi:10.1128/AAC.01509-13. PMC 3837899. PMID 24080666.
  • "Ozenoxacin". Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine.


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