MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202421016176 A) filed by Fdc Limited, Maharashtra, on March 7, 2024, for 'method of preparing lifitegrast via transesterification and the compound thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Chandavarkar, Mohan Anand; More, Kishor Ramdas; Sawant, Sudhir Shrirang; Patil, Prashant Bhaskarrao; Girkar, Arvind Tukaram; and Noronha, Dujon Norbert.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a process for preparing compound of Lifitegrast of Formula (I) or a salt thereof. Briefly, The present invention discloses a process for the preparation of Lifitegrast of Formula I from alkyl (S)-2-(5,7-dichloro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-6-carboxamido)-3-(3 (methylsulfonyl)phenyl)propanoate a compound of Formula V via transesterification of Phenyl (S)-2-(5,7-dichloro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-6-carboxamido)-3-(3)(methylsulfonyl)phenyl) propanoate of Formula IV."

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