Lenvatinib - Eisai Co Ltd/Merck & Co
Alternative Names: E 7080; ER-203492-00; Kisplyx; KYSPLIX; Lenvatinib mesylate; LENVIMA; Lenvima; MK 7902Latest Information Update: 07 Nov 2025
At a glance
- Originator Eisai Co Ltd
- Developer Curie Institute; Eisai Co Ltd; EMD Serono; Massachusetts Eye and Ear; Merck & Co; Merck Sharp & Dohme; MSD KK; National University Hospital (Singapore); Ono Pharmaceutical; SFJ Pharmaceuticals
- Class Amides; Antineoplastics; Chlorobenzenes; Cyclopropanes; Eye disorder therapies; Phenyl ethers; Quinolines; Small molecules; Urea compounds
- Mechanism of Action Platelet-derived growth factor alpha receptor antagonists; Proto-oncogene protein c-kit inhibitors; Proto-oncogene protein c-ret inhibitors; Type 1 fibroblast growth factor receptor antagonists; Type 3 fibroblast growth factor receptor antagonists; Type 4 fibroblast growth factor receptor antagonists; Type-2 fibroblast growth factor receptor antagonists; Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 antagonists; Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 antagonists; Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 antagonists
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Thyroid cancer; Liver cancer; Endometrial cancer; Malignant melanoma
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Endometrial cancer; Liver cancer; Renal cell carcinoma; Thyroid cancer
- Registered Malignant thymoma
- Phase III Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer; Head and neck cancer; Malignant melanoma; Non-small cell lung cancer; Oesophageal cancer; Urogenital cancer
- Phase II Biliary cancer; Glioblastoma; Kaposi's sarcoma; Malignant-mesothelioma; Merkel cell carcinoma; Neuroendocrine tumours; Osteosarcoma; Pancreatic cancer; Prostate cancer; Small cell lung cancer; Soft tissue sarcoma; Solid tumours; Uveal melanoma
- Phase I/II Breast cancer
- No development reported CNS cancer; Ovarian cancer
- Discontinued Cancer; Glioma; Lymphoma
Most Recent Events
- 29 Oct 2025 Updated efficacy and adverse events data from the phase III LEAP-012 trial in Liver cancer released by Eisai
- 21 Oct 2025 Merck Sharp & Dohme completes a phase-II clinical trial in Renal cell carcinoma (Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease, First-line therapy, Combination therapy) in US, Australia, Canada, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Spain, South Korea, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom (PO) (NCT04704219)
- 27 Aug 2025 Discontinued - Phase-III for Oesophageal cancer (Metastatic disease, First-line therapy, Combination therapy) in Ukraine, Turkey, Russia, China, Costa Rica, Denmark (PO) (Eisai pipeline, August 2025)