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                                                                Synonyms: ALKS-8700 | ALKS8700 | BIIB098 | Vumerity®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                diroximel fumarate is an approved drug (FDA (2019), EMA (2021)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Diroximel fumarate is a novel oral fumarate prodrug. It is rapidly converted to monomethyl fumarate, which is the same active metabolite of dimethyl fumarate.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                      
                                     
                                   
                                   
                                    
                                    
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. EU EMA (2021) | US FDA (2019) | 
| Is prodrug? | Yes | 
| Active form | monomethyl fumarate | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| 4-O-[2-(2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl)ethyl] 1-O-methyl (E)-but-2-enedioate | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 10356 | diroximel fumarate | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| ALKS-8700 | ALKS8700 | BIIB098 | Vumerity® | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| CAS Registry No. | 1577222-14-0 (source: WHO INN record) | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL3989944 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 387065607 | 
| PubChem CID | 73330464 | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | YIMYDTCOUQIDMT-SNAWJCMRSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | YIMYDTCOUQIDMT | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | diroximel fumarate | 
| Search PubMed titles | diroximel fumarate | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | diroximel fumarate | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | YIMYDTCOUQIDMT-SNAWJCMRSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | YIMYDTCOUQIDMT-SNAWJCMRSA-N | 
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                                                                           Diroximel fumarate (links to external site) 
                                                                    
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