DOV 216,303 is an experimental

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originally developed by DOV Pharmaceutical and was licensed to Merck & Co. in 2004; Merck and DOV terminated their relationship in December 2006. It is a

triple reuptake inhibitor Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a " treble": Sports * Triple (baseball), a three-base hit * A basketball three-point field goal * A figure skating jump with three rotations * In bowling terms, three strikes in a row * ...

(TRI), or serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor (SNDRI). It is the

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mixture of

amitifadine Amitifadine (developmental code names DOV-21,947, EB-1010) is a serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor (SNDRI) or so-called triple reuptake inhibitor (TRI) which is or was being developed by Euthymics Bioscience. It was under ...

(DOV-21,947) and its (–)-

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, DOV-102,677. Its IC₅₀ values for SERT, NET, and DAT are K_i 14 nM, 20 nM, and 78 nM, respectively. As of March 2008, DOV had no intention to further develop DOV-216,303 because the patent on the compound had expired. In a

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, DOV-216,303 has shown the ability to promote recovery after spinal cord

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{{Monoamine reuptake inhibitors Chloroarenes Serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitors Abandoned drugs

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