Fexlamose
Investigational drug
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Fexlamose is an investigational new drug that is being developed by Aer Therapeutics for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is mucolytic agent that contains a thiol linked to a saccharide that undergoes thiol–disulfide exchange with mucin disulfide bridges thereby breaking those bonds between mucin subunits and reducing the viscosity of mucin.[1][2]
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| Other names | AER-01; MUC-031 |
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| Formula | C12H22O9S2 |
| Molar mass | 374.42 g·mol−1 |
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