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# Perfluorohexyloctane

Highest phase reached

Approved

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL5314588)

Drug type

Small molecule

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL5314588)

First approval year

2023

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL5314588)

## Development status

**First approval year**

2023

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL5314588)

**Listing at source**

Listed

**Highest phase reached**

Approved

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL5314588)

## Names and chemistry

**Drug type**

Small molecule

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL5314588)

**Drug name**

Perfluorohexyloctane

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL5314588)

**Molecular weight**

432.26

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL5314588)

**Structure (SMILES)**

CCCCCCCCC(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)F

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL5314588)

### Brand names (2)

- miebo
- Miebo

### Other names (22)

- Densiron \[(F6H8)
- densiron f6h8
- f6h8
- F6H8
- miebo
- Miebo
- nov 03
- NOV-03
- nov03
- Nov03
- NOV03
- perfluorohexyloctane
- Perfluorohexyloctane
- Perfluorohexyloctane \[INN\]
- Perfluorohexyloctane \[USAN\]
- Perfluorohexyloctane \[WHO-DD\]
- perfluorohexyloctane inn
- Perfluorohexyloctane ophthalmic solution
- perfluorohexyloctane usan
- perfluorohexyloctane who dd
- perfluorohexyloctano
- Perfluorohexyloctano

## Identifiers

**CAS registry numbers**

- 133331-77-8

**ChEMBL ID**

CHEMBL5314588

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL5314588)

**InChIKey**

WRYIIOKOQSICTB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL5314588)

**PubChem compound IDs**

- 10477896

**RxNorm IDs (RxCUI)**

- 2637547

**FDA ingredient codes (UNII)**

- 7VYX4ELWQM

## Regulatory information

### United States

**Applicant**

BAUSCH AND LOMB INC

**Approval date**

18 May 2023

**Application number**

NDA216675

### Other regulatory facts

**Patents**

6

**Designations**

0

**Earliest recorded loss of exclusivity**

21 Jun 2037

**First in class**

Yes

**Fast track**

No

**Breakthrough designation**

No

**Orphan designation**

No

**Priority review**

No

**Orphan exclusivity**

No

**Accelerated approval**

No

**Availability**

Prescription only

## Pharmacology

### Drug classification

**Drug name stem**

perflu-

#### Administration routes

- topical

### Investigated indications (3)

- **Condition**  
Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

**Highest recorded phase**  
1

**Subject identifier**  
D000080343
- **Condition**  
Retinal Detachment

**Highest recorded phase**  
2

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0005773

**Subject identifier**  
D012163
- **Condition**  
Dry Eye Syndromes

**Highest recorded phase**  
4

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:1000906

**Subject identifier**  
D015352

### Open Targets indications (5)

- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0005773
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_1000906
- **Condition identifier**  
MONDO\_0005464

**Highest recorded phase**  
2
- **Condition identifier**  
MONDO\_0006733

**Highest recorded phase**  
4
- **Condition identifier**  
MONDO\_0700115

**Highest recorded phase**  
2

### Trial references (8)

- NCT00403702  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00403702)
- NCT03333057  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03333057)
- NCT04139798  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04139798)
- NCT04140227  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04140227)
- NCT04567329  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04567329)
- NCT05723770  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05723770)
- NCT06309953  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06309953)
- NCT06346340  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06346340)

## Dosing

**Dose**

One drop

**Route**

Eye drops

**How often**

Four times daily

### Conditions of use

- Contact lenses should be removed prior to and for at least 30 minutes after administration

## Chemical properties

**Hydrogen bond acceptors**

0

**Hydrogen bond donors**

0

**Polar surface area**

0

**Calculated partition coefficient (ALogP)**

7.48

**Calculated partition coefficient (XLogP)**

8.7

**Prodrug**

No

**Chirality**

Achiral

**Inorganic**

No

**Rule-of-five violations**

1

**Rotatable bonds**

11

**Heavy atoms**

27

**Molecular formula**

C14H17F13

**Monoisotopic mass**

432.1122666

**Natural product**

No

## National Drug Codes

- 24208-377

## Related records

### Trials (18)

- A Multicenter, Open-Label Study to Evaluate Perioperative Treatment of Dry Eye With Miebo® in Subjects Undergoing LASIK
- A Single Center, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Ability of the TearScience™ LipiView™ II Ocular Surface Interferometer and the Keratograph® 5M to Detect Tear Film Stability Utilizing Miebo®
- [A Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a Fixed-Dose Combination for Dry Eye Disease](https://trialight.com/data/trial/a-study-evaluating-the-safety-and-efficacy-of-a-fixed-dose-84bbf443-32bc-41dd-874c-453b479bc646.md)
- A Study to Assess the Long-Term Safety of Lifitegrast/Perfluorohexyloctane Fixed-Dose Combination in Subjects With Dry Eye Disease
- A Study to Evaluate Concomitant Perfluorohexyloctane Use With Contact Lens Wear
- A Study to Evaluate Corneal Endothelial Cell Density (ECD) in Subjects With Dry Eye Disease (DED) Administering Miebo® (Perfluorohexyloctane Ophthalmic Solution) for 12 Months.
- A Study to Evaluate Early Treatment Outcomes With Miebo™ in Subjects With Dry Eye Disease
- A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Miebo™ on Preoperative Biometry/Keratometry and Postoperative Refractive Accuracy
- BL-RX01-TFSTAB-1402
- Comparison High-density Silicone Oils in Retinal Detachment
- Effect of NOV03 on Signs and Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease Associated With Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (Mojave Study)
- Effects of NOV03 on the Tear Film
- Evaluation of Miebo (Perfluorohexyloctane) Eyedrops in Habitual Contact Lens Wearers
- Long-Term Safety and Tolerability of NOV03 (Perfluorohexyloctane) in Subjects Who Completed Trial NVU-003 (Kalahari Study)
- Perfluorohexylcotane (NOV03) for the Treatment of Signs and Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease Associated With Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (Gobi Study)
- Perfluorohexyloctane (NOV03) for the Treatment of Signs and Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease (DED)
- Perfluorohexyloctane Eye Drops vs. Sodium Hyaluronate for Video Display Terminal-Associated Dry Eye
- SYSTANE® PRO vs. MIEBO™ in Dry Eye Disease

### Approved for (1)

- [Dry eye syndrome](https://trialight.com/data/condition/dry-eye-syndrome-41ae8541-7903-50ab-9b50-168da1d2f619.md)

### In development for (1)

- Retinal detachment Phase 2

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