Linezolid

Highest phase reached
Drug type
Small molecule
First approval year

First approval year
Listing at source
Listed
Highest phase reached

Drug type
Small molecule
Drug name
Linezolid
Molecular weight
Structure (SMILES)
CC(=O)NC[C@H]1CN(c2ccc(N3CCOCC3)c(F)c2)C(=O)O1

  • linezolid
  • Linezolid
  • zyvox
  • Zyvox

  • 600 mg linezolid
  • Intravenous linezolid
  • linezolid
  • Linezolid
  • LINEZOLID
  • Linezolid (LZD)
  • linezolid (Zyvox)
  • Linezolid [HSDB]
  • Linezolid [INN]
  • Linezolid [JAN]
  • Linezolid [MART.]
  • Linezolid [MI]
  • Linezolid [ORANGE BOOK]
  • Linezolid [USAN]
  • Linezolid [USP MONOGRAPH]
  • Linezolid [USP-RS]
  • Linezolid [VANDF]
  • Linezolid [WHO-DD]
  • Linezolid 1200 mg
  • Linezolid 1200 mg (QD)
  • Linezolid 1200 mg (TIW)
  • linezolid 600 mg
  • Linezolid 600 mg
  • Linezolid 600 mg (post-interim)
  • Linezolid 900 mg

And 25 more, listed on the interactive page.

ATC classification codes
  • J01XX08
Sources for recorded values
CAS registry numbers
  • 165800-03-3
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL126
InChIKey
TYZROVQLWOKYKF-ZDUSSCGKSA-N
PubChem compound IDs
  • 441401
RxNorm IDs (RxCUI)
  • 190376
FDA ingredient codes (UNII)
  • ISQ9I6J12J

Applicant
PFIZER
Approval date
18 Apr 2000
Application number
NDA021130

Patents
0
Designations
1
First in class
No
Fast track
No
Breakthrough designation
No
Orphan designation
No
Priority review
Yes
Orphan exclusivity
No
Accelerated approval
No
Availability
Prescription only

Pharmacology name
linezolid
Type
Synthetic organic
Drug name stem
-zolid
Approval recorded by Guide to Pharmacology
Yes

Administration routes

  • Oral
  • Parenteral

  • Action
    Inhibition
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Monoamine oxidase A
    Gene symbol
    MAOA
    Protein identifier
    P21397
    Median affinity
    4.34
    Affinity units
    pIC50
  • Action
    Inhibition
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Monoamine oxidase B
    Gene symbol
    MAOB
    Protein identifier
    P27338
    Median affinity
    5.68
    Affinity units
    pIC50
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P02358
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P02359
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P02413
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7J3
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7J7
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7K2
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7K6
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7L0
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7L3
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7L8
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7M2
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7M6
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7M9
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7N1
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7N4
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7N9
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7P5
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7Q1
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7Q6
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7R5
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7R9
  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome
    Protein identifier
    P0A7S3

And 33 more, listed on the interactive page.

Open Targets mechanisms

  • Mechanism
    Bacterial 70S ribosome inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Bacterial 70S ribosome

  • Condition
    Infections
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000544
    Subject identifier
    D007239
  • Condition
    Skin Diseases
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000701
    Subject identifier
    D012871
  • Condition
    Bacterial Infections
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000771
    Subject identifier
    D001424
  • Condition
    Abscess
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0003030
    Subject identifier
    D000038
  • Condition
    Bacteremia
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0003033
    Subject identifier
    D016470
  • Condition
    Cellulitis
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0003035
    Subject identifier
    D002481
  • Condition
    Osteomyelitis
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0003102
    Subject identifier
    D010019
  • Condition
    Pneumonia
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0003106
    Subject identifier
    D011014
  • Condition
    Lung Diseases
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0003818
    Subject identifier
    D008171
  • Condition
    Staphylococcal Infections
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0005681
    Subject identifier
    D013203
  • Condition
    Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0007381
    Subject identifier
    D018088
  • Condition
    Syphilis
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0007504
    Subject identifier
    D013587
  • Condition
    Burns
    Highest recorded phase
    1
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0009516
    Subject identifier
    D002056
  • Condition
    Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:1000049
    Subject identifier
    D014397
  • Condition
    Pneumonia, Bacterial
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:1001272
    Subject identifier
    D018410
  • Condition
    Optic Nerve Diseases
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:1001330
    Subject identifier
    D009901
  • Condition
    Pneumonia, Pneumococcal
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:1001474
    Subject identifier
    D011018
  • Condition
    Cystic Fibrosis
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    MONDO:0009061
    Subject identifier
    D003550
  • Condition
    Tuberculosis
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    MONDO:0018076
    Subject identifier
    D014376
  • Condition
    Meningitis
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    MONDO:0021108
    Subject identifier
    D008581
  • Condition
    Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    MONDO:0021679
    Subject identifier
    D016908
  • Condition
    Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    MONDO:0041806
    Subject identifier
    D018088
  • Condition
    Hematologic Neoplasms
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    MONDO:0044881
    Subject identifier
    D019337

  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000544
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000544
    Highest recorded phase
    4
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000701
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000771
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0003033
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0003102
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0003106
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0005681
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0006834
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0007381
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0007504
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0008556
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0009516
    Highest recorded phase
    1
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_1000039
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_1000049
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_1000714
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_1001272
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_1001330
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_1001474
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_1001849
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_1001865
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_1001865
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0001873
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0001945
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0100806

And 20 more, listed on the interactive page.

  • Event
    anaemia
    Reports
    774
    Reporting signal score
    719.051
  • Event
    bone marrow failure
    Reports
    183
    Reporting signal score
    251.916
  • Event
    choroiditis
    Reports
    42
    Reporting signal score
    156.362
  • Event
    drug interaction
    Reports
    469
    Reporting signal score
    280.427
  • Event
    drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms
    Reports
    141
    Reporting signal score
    138.011
  • Event
    drug resistance
    Reports
    267
    Reporting signal score
    460.098
  • Event
    electrocardiogram qt prolonged
    Reports
    222
    Reporting signal score
    250.176
  • Event
    enterococcal infection
    Reports
    62
    Reporting signal score
    130.916
  • Event
    fatigue
    Reports
    72
    Reporting signal score
    167.613
  • Event
    hepatotoxicity
    Reports
    134
    Reporting signal score
    170.035
  • Event
    lactic acidosis
    Reports
    375
    Reporting signal score
    674.412
  • Event
    mitochondrial toxicity
    Reports
    43
    Reporting signal score
    137.546
  • Event
    myelosuppression
    Reports
    83
    Reporting signal score
    114.429
  • Event
    neuropathy peripheral
    Reports
    416
    Reporting signal score
    447.309
  • Event
    optic neuritis
    Reports
    91
    Reporting signal score
    162.013
  • Event
    optic neuropathy
    Reports
    157
    Reporting signal score
    533.553
  • Event
    ototoxicity
    Reports
    45
    Reporting signal score
    107.919
  • Event
    pain
    Reports
    45
    Reporting signal score
    115.482
  • Event
    pancytopenia
    Reports
    403
    Reporting signal score
    574.367
  • Event
    pathogen resistance
    Reports
    114
    Reporting signal score
    215.256
  • Event
    platelet count decreased
    Reports
    347
    Reporting signal score
    279.936
  • Event
    polyneuropathy
    Reports
    100
    Reporting signal score
    146.499
  • Event
    serotonin syndrome
    Reports
    486
    Reporting signal score
    1,232.7
  • Event
    thrombocytopenia
    Reports
    944
    Reporting signal score
    1,377.32
  • Event
    tongue discolouration
    Reports
    53
    Reporting signal score
    123.189

And 1 more, listed on the interactive page.

And 55 more, listed on the interactive page.

Dose
10 mg/kg, 600 mg, 10 mg/kg, 600 mg, 10 mg/kg, 600 mg, 400 mg, 600 mg
Route
Intravenous, oral
How often
Every 8 hours, every 12 hours, every 8 hours, every 12 hours, every 12 hours

  • Administer over 30 to 120 minutes.
  • Do not use in series connections.
  • Inspect visually for particulates.

Hydrogen bond acceptors
5
Hydrogen bond donors
1
Polar surface area
71.11
Calculated partition coefficient (ALogP)
1.12
Calculated partition coefficient (XLogP)
0.7
Prodrug
No
Chirality
Single enantiomer
Inorganic
No
Rule-of-five violations
0
Rotatable bonds
4
Heavy atoms
24
Molecular formula
C16H20FN3O4
Monoisotopic mass
337.14378429
Natural product
No

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  • 60687-309
  • 60687-754
  • 62135-442
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  • 63323-713
  • 64980-561
  • 65145-181

And 14 more, listed on the interactive page.

Recorded assays
9,075
Active assays
187

  • Confirmatory
  • Other
  • Screening

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Related records

Trials (204)

Approved for (4)

In development for (18)

Other linked conditions (2)