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. 2021 Apr 20;12:607178. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.607178

Table 1.

Muramyl peptides registered and investigated as medicinal products.

Trade name INN Company Chemical Names Applying Country/Date of registration
Nopia®/Romurtide, Muroctasin,
Daiichi Pharmaceutic
N-Acetylmuramyl-Ala-D-isoglutaminyl-Nϵ-stearoyl-Lys,DJ-7041, MDP-Lys(L18) Oncology, Neutropenia Japan/1991
B30-MDP
Daiichi Pharmaceutic
6-O-(2-tetradecylhexadecanoyl)-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine) Infectious diseases (adjuvant in influenza vaccine) Japan/1992
Licopid®
AO Peptek,
N-acetylglucosaminyl-N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine, GMDP Chronic recurrent respiratory tract infections, inflammatory diseases of skin and soft tissues, psoriasis, herpetic infections Russia/1995;
Belarus, Kazakhstan/2001; Azerbaijan, Armenia,
Moldova/2007; Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia,
Georgia/2015
Threonyl Muramyl Dipeptide
BOC Sciences
Threonyl-N-Acetylmuramyl-Ala-D-isoglutamine
Threonyl-MDP
HIV infection (adjuvant in AIDS vaccine) USA, phase I/1996 The release of the medicinal product is suspended
ImmTher®
Immunotherapeutics Inc.
N-acetylglucosamin-N- acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D- isoglutamine -L- alanyl- glyceryl dipalmitate, disaccharide tripeptide glycerol dipalmitoyl Oncology USA/2000
Liasten® (Blasten)
Technologist,
glucosaminylmuramyl pentapeptide
GMPP
Infectious diseases, pulmonology, oncology, surgery Ukraine/2000
Murabutide
ISTAK Biotechnology,
N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine-n-butyl ether N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine-n-butyl ether
Infectious diseases, HIV infection
France/2002
Mepact®, Junovan,
Mifamurtide
Takeda Pharmaceutical
muramyltripeptide
phosphatidyleanolamine incorporated into liposomes Liposomal Muramyltripeptide Phosphatidylethanolamine
L-MTP-PE, MLV 19835A, MTP-PE
Oncology (osteosarcoma),
adjuvant in the vaccine against AIDS and hepatitis B
27 countries of the European Union/2009
Mexico/2010
norMDP, Almurtide®
American Custom Chemicals Corp
N-acetyl-nor-muramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine,Cgp-11637, Nor-MDP,UNII-1DCO35D4OR Oncology
(adjuvant in vaccine)
USA/1st phase 2011-2017
Polimuramil®
“Combotech” for LLC “CORUS PHARM”
A complex of three components:
1) N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-N-acetyl-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl-meso-diaminopimeli-
new acid (HMtri);
2) N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-N-acetyl-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl-meso-diaminopimeloyl-D-alanine (HMtetra);
3) dimer (HMtetra and diHMtetra)
Secondary immunodeficiency states, acute and chronic pyoderma complicated by secondary infection, dermatoses, treatment and prevention of surgical infections Russia/2013