Remiprostol (also known as SC-46275) is a potent, long-acting gastric antisecretory agent that is not readily available systemically after oral administration. This prostaglandin analog is a very potent and highly selective EP3 receptor agonist with antisecretory and cytoprotective actions. Remiprostol was suggested to be potentially useful in the therapeutic treatment of inflammatory diseases such as peptic ulcer disease (painful sores or ulcers in the stomach or small intestine), ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and autoimmune inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system.

Hexaprofen, a potent anti-inflammatory agent, is an inhibitor of platelet aggregation. Experiments on mice have shown that hexaprofen could reduce the quantity and size of Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) tumor nodules.

Exaprolol is a non-selective antagonist at beta-adrenoceptors exerting antiarrhythmic and local anesthetic activity. It inhibits the inotropic and chronotropic responses. Exaprolol liberates histamine from isolated mast cells and decreases the uptake of extracellular histamine. It acts on mast cells due to the direct and indirect ion exchange mechanism resulted in disproportion between histamine and granule liberation.

Acevaltrate is an iridoid found in variable amounts in Valerianaceae and might be among the bioactive compounds which confer anxiolytic properties to the Valeriana species. Acevaltrate inhibited total H⁺/K⁺-ATPase activity (60.7 ± 7.3 %) from rat gastric epithelium. Acevaltrate inhibited Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase with IC₅₀ value of 22.8 uM. Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase might be one of their molecular targets of Acevaltrate in vivo.

Oxarbazole was developed as an antiasthmatic agent that inhibited the only bronchoconstriction induced by immune complexes. This drug has never been marketed.

Sobetirome (3,5-dimethyl-4[(4'-hydroxy-3'-isopropylbenzyl)-phenoxy] acetic acid, also known as GC-1 and QRX-431, is a member of a class of compounds known as selective thyromimetics. It was firstly developed by Thomas Scanlan’s group at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) in 1995. Sobetirome binds selectively to the main hepatic form of thyroid hormone (TH) receptor, TRβ1, compared to TRα1, which is principally responsible for thyrotoxic effects on heart, muscle and bone. Sobetirome also preferentially accumulates in liver. It was originally envisaged that sobetirome could be used to stimulate hepatic pathways that lower cholesterol without harmful side effects and might be used in conjunction with statins. Indeed, sobetirome progressed through preclinical animal studies and Phase I human clinical trials with excellent results and without obvious harmful side effects. Sobetirome had been in phase I clinical trials for the treatment of lipid metabolism disorders and obesity. However, this research has been discontinued.

Metaglycodol is a tranquilizer.

Niravoline [RU 49679, RU 51599, niravolin], a novel aqueous diuretic with κ-opioid agonistic action. The drug was originally being developed by Hoechst Marion Roussel. Niravoline is a selective agonist of kappa-opioid receptors having potent aquaretic activity. Niravoline was studied with respect to the treatment of brain oedema, heart failure and liver cirrhosis. Niravoline, administered at moderate doses, safely induced a powerful aquaretic effect in patients with cirrhosis and ascites. Moderate doses of niravoline appeared to be a promising pharmacological tool in the treatment of water retention in patients with cirrhosis. The development of niravoline as an aquaretic for the treatment of cirrhosis with ascites and other hyponatraemic disorders has also been halted.

Melogliptin (EMD 675992 or GRC 8200) is an orally bioavailable dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV) inhibitor. Melogliptin was undergoing phase II clinical trials at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and Merck KGaA for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The completed 12 week Phase IIb clinical trial in 494 patients with type 2 diabetes melogliptin improved glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and exhibited excellent safety and tolerability profile.