Prof. Dr. Christopher E. R. Orvig

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsInorganic Molecular Chemistry,Pharmacy
KeywordsMedicinal Inorganic Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Ligand Design, Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry

Current contact address

CountryCanada
CityVancouver
InstitutionUniversity of British Columbia

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Bernt KrebsInstitut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Universität Münster, Münster
Prof. Dr. Ekkehardt HahnInstitut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Universität Münster, Münster
Prof. Dr. Peter CombaAnorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2000

Programme(s)

1999Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Diabetis is an uncurable disease and its treatment requires the live-long non-oral applicaton of insuline. Professor Orvig has developed orally active drugs which might revolutionize the treatment of diabetis. As early as 1990 he and his team developed the complex bsi(maltolato)oxovanadium(V) (BMOV) which contains the food additive maltol, a ligand which can coordinate and faciliate the absorption of vanadium after the complex is taken orally. After preliminary studies with diabetic rats, BMOV became the model substance for orally active, vanadium containing insuline mimetic drugs.

Publications (partial selection)

2014M. A. Telpoukhovskaia, C. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J. F. Cawthray, L. E. Scott, B. D. G. Page, J. Alí-Torres, M. Sodupe, G. A. Bailey, B. O. Patrick, C. Orvig: 3-Hydroxy-4-pyridinone Derivatives as Metal Ion and Amyloid Binding Agents. In: Metallomics, 2014, 249-262
2014E. W. Price, B. M. Zeglis, J. S. Lewis, M. J. Adam, C. Orvig: H6phospa-trastuzumab: Bifunctional Methylenephosphonate-based Chelator with 89Zr, 111In and 177Lu. In: Dalton Trans., 2014, 119-131
2014Y. Mawani, C. Orvig: Improved Separation of the Curcuminoids, Syntheses of Their Rare Earth Complexes, and Studies of Potential Antiosteoporotic Activity. In: J. Inorg. Biochem., 2014, 52-58
2014E. W. Price, C. Orvig: Matching Chelators to Radiometals for Radiopharmaceuticals. In: Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 260-290
2014K. D. Mjos, C. Orvig: Metallodrugs in Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry. In: Chem. Rev., 2014, XXXX-YYYY
2014M. A. Telpoukhovskaia, C. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, L. E. Scott, B. D. G. Page, B. O. Patrick, and C. Orvig: Synthesis, Characterization, and Cytotoxicity Studies of Cu(II), Zn(II), and Fe(III) Complexes of N-Derivatized 3-Hydroxy-4-pyridiones. In: J. Inorg. Biochem., 2014, 59-66
2013E. W. Price, B. M. Zeglis, J. F. Cawthray, C. F. Ramogida, N. Ramos, J. S. Lewis, M. J. Adam, C. Orvig: H4octapa-Trastuzumab: Versatile Acyclic Chelate System for 111In and 177Lu Imaging and Therapy. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 12707-12721