Is It Legal to Make the Experimental Drug SF0034 at a University Chemistry Lab?

[JasonP]

Okay, I am pretty sure it would be illegal to sell it but I was wondering if it was legal to make it as an individual but not sell it. I don't know the law.

The reason I ask is because they tell how to make it in this journal:

Potent KCNQ2/3-Specific Channel Activator Suppresses In Vivo Epileptic Activity and Prevents the Development of Tinnitus

It looks like Potiga with an extra Fluorine atom. To be honest, I'm no chemist so I can't do it and also I guess if people tried it, it maybe could be dangerous. I'm just curious why they tell people how to make it I guess.

 

[Aussie Lea]

Good question Jason.

I guess you could develop it and not tell the police.

 

[linearb]

It's probably patent violation -- especially since the synthesis here depends on having already synthesized Potiga, which is both patented and being sold actively by the patent holder.

That said -- the legal issues are, overall, a very small part of why this is an unrealistic idea.

 

[JasonP]

To give you all some background, according to the Tinnitus Talk Survey, a drug named Potiga helped some people with tinnitus but there supposedly can be some bad side effects with this drug like skin turning blue or eye abnormalities so a company basically took the drug and added a fluorine atom to it with the intention being that it has less side effects, but from what I know they haven't done the clinical trials. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[Samir]

a company basically took the drug and added a fluorine atom to it

What company is that?

 

[Jim51042]

SciFluor. I tried to email them to get an update but haven't heard back.

http://www.scifluor.com/media-center/docs/Scifluor-JNSPR-17June2015.pdf

 

[JasonP]

What company is that?

SciFlour:
http://scifluor.com/our-approach/our-approach-fluoro.php

 

[AliasM]

Anyone heard any more about this drug?