AbstractStrategy, Management and Health PolicyEnabling Technology, Genomics, ProteomicsPreclinical ResearchPreclinical Development Toxicology, Formulation Drug Delivery, PharmacokineticsClinical Development Phases I‐III Regulatory, Quality, ManufacturingPostmarketing Phase IVIn the present study, the potential antiarrhythmic activities of a new multiple ion channel blocker, CPUY11018 (Y18) were investigated. The effects of Y18 on ICa,L and INa were studied using whole‐cell patch clamp techniques in ventricular muscle cells from normal rats and guinea pigs. The antiarrhythmic effects were tested using a rat model of aconitine‐induced arrhythmias. The effects of Y18 on induction of QT prolongation and torsades de pointes (TdP) were investigated in anesthetized rabbits during stimulation with methoxamine. Y18 produced a concentration‐dependent inhibition of ICa,L and INa in rat ventricular myocytes with IC50 values of 88 μmol/l and 6.5 μmol/l, respectively. In the Y18 treatment group, the development of arrhythmias was significantly delayed. Doses of aconitine that induced ventricular fibrillation were decreased following treatment with 6 mg/kg Y18 (3.8 ± 0.4 μg/100 g vs 6.2 ± 1.3 μg/kg). A significant decrease in the occurrence of atrial fibrillation (100% to 33%; P < 0.05) occurred following Y18 administration. Y18 induction of TdP was significantly less than that seen with dofetilide and azimilide (Az). Thus, Y18 significantly inhibited the production of aconitine‐induced arrhythmias with a low potency for TdP induction. These results suggest that Y18 is a multiple channel blocker with promising antiarrhythmic potential.