– GNE-3500 is a Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable Retinoic Acid Receptor-Related Orphan Receptor C (RORc or RORγ) Inverse Agonist. Retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor C (RORc, RORγ, or NR1F3) is a nuclear receptor that plays a major role in the production of interleukin (IL)-17. Considerable efforts have been directed toward the discovery of selective RORc inverse agonists as potential treatments of inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis. GNE-3500 possessed favorable RORc cellular potency with 75-fold selectivity for RORc over other ROR family members and >200-fold selectivity over 25 additional nuclear receptors in a cell assay panel. The favorable potency, selectivity, in vitro ADME properties, in vivo PK, and dose-dependent inhibition of IL-17 in a PK/PD model support the evaluation of GNE3500 in preclinical studies (J. Med. Chem., 2015, 58 (13), pp 5308–5322)