Drug Profile
Selumetinib - AstraZeneca
Alternative Names: AR 00142886; AR 142886 X; ARRY-142886; ARRY-886; AZD 142886; AZD-6244; AZD-6244 hydrogen sulfate; AZD6244 Hyd-Sulfate; AZD6244 hydrogen sulphate; KOSELUGO; MK 5618; NSC-748727; Selumetinib hydrogen sulfateLatest Information Update: 15 Apr 2024
Price :
$50
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At a glance
- Originator Array BioPharma
- Developer Array BioPharma; AstraZeneca; Cancer Research UK; Merck & Co; Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.; National Cancer Institute (USA); University of Cambridge; University of Chicago
- Class Amides; Amines; Antineoplastics; Benzimidazoles; Halogenated hydrocarbons; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action MAP kinase kinase 1 inhibitors; MAP kinase kinase 2 inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
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 Neurofibromatosis 1
- Phase III Glioma
- Phase II Biliary cancer; Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer; Histiocytosis; Neurofibromatosis 2; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Non-small cell lung cancer; Solid tumours; Uveal melanoma
- Phase I/II Kaposi's sarcoma; Precursor cell lymphoblastic leukaemia-lymphoma
- Phase I Myelodysplastic syndromes; Myelofibrosis; Plexiform neurofibroma
- No development reported Pancreatic cancer
- Discontinued Acute myeloid leukaemia; Liver cancer; Malignant melanoma; Multiple myeloma; Thyroid cancer
Most Recent Events
- 14 Feb 2024 AstraZeneca completes a phase I/II clinical trials in Glioma (Inoperable/Unresectable, In children, In adolescents, In adults, Second-line therapy or greater) in United Kingdom (PO, Capsule) (NCT03326388)
- 14 Feb 2024 AstraZeneca completes a phase I/II clinical trials in Neurofibromatosis 1 (In adolescents, In children, Inoperable/Unresectable, Second-line therapy or greater, In adults) in United Kingdom (PO, Tablet) (NCT03326388)
- 14 Feb 2024 AstraZeneca completes a phase I/II clinical trials in Plexiform neurofibroma (In adolescents, In children, Inoperable/Unresectable, Second-line therapy or greater, In adults) in United Kingdom (PO, Tablet) (NCT03326388)