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EMA approved medicines: Veterinary medicine

FDA approved animal drugs -> Active ingredient

Pharmaceuticals -> UK Veterinary Medicines Directorate List

Warning

H302 (100%): Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]

P264, P270, P301+P317, P330, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

The GHS information provided by 1 company from 1 notification to the ECHA C&L Inventory.

Preclinical studies have shown that grapiprant is very effective to reduce acute and chronic pain and inflammation. The effect of grapiprant seems to be dose-dependent and it is comparable to the effect of rofecoxib and piroxicam. The effects of grapiprant have been reported to be effective in the relief from arthritic pain in canine patients.

Grapiprant is an EP4 prostaglandin receptor antagonist and thus the activity of this drug is thought to be completely related to the selective blockade of this receptor. It binds to human and other mammals EP4 prostaglandin receptor with high affinity without interfering with other prostaglandin pathways which are important for a variety of physiological functions. The binding of grapiprant blocks PGE2 binding and hence its biological effect related to the signaling pain and inflammation cascade. Grapiprant has been accepted very greatly in veterinary as its mechanism of action is a targeted approach to pain management by not having any interaction with the production of prostanoids and thus, by not interacting with other prostaglandin receptor pathways.

Studies in animals (horse) have shown the presence of a concentration >0.005 ng/ml in serum 72 hours after initial administration of a dose of 2 mg/kg. It is rapidly absorbed and the reported Cmax in this reports was 31.9 ng/ml in a Tmax of 1.5 hours and AUC of 2000 ng.hr/ml. In the case of bioavailability, grapiprant presents a mean bioavailability of 39%. The bioavailability, time for peak concentration and maximal concentration has been reported to be significantly reduced after food.