Drug Profile
Paclitaxel - Bristol-Myers Squibb
Alternative Names: BMS-181339; BMY 45622; NSC-673089; TaxolLatest Information Update: 27 Feb 2019
Price :
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At a glance
- Originator National Institutes of Health (USA)
- Developer Bristol-Myers Squibb; University of Washington
- Class Antineoplastics; Diterpenes; Paclitaxels; Skin disorder therapies; Small molecules; Taxanes
- Mechanism of Action Mitosis inhibitors; Proto-oncogene protein c-bcl-2 inhibitors; Tubulin polymerisation promoters
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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 Breast cancer; Gastric cancer; Kaposi's sarcoma; Non-small cell lung cancer; Ovarian cancer
- Phase II Head and neck cancer
- Discontinued Bladder cancer; Cancer metastases; Cervical cancer; Endometrial cancer; Leukaemia; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Multiple myeloma; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Pleural effusion; Prostate cancer; Sarcoma; Small cell lung cancer; Testicular cancer
Most Recent Events
- 08 May 2017 Bristol-Myers Squibb terminates a phase I/II trial as the sponsor withdrew the study in Breast cancer (Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease, Second-line therapy or greater, Combination therapy) in USA (IV) (NCT00041470)
- 30 May 2013 Biomarkers information updated
- 17 Mar 2005 Registered as adjuvant treatment for early stage node-positive breast cancer in European Union under the mutual recognition procedure; the Netherlands acted as the reference member state (IV-infusion)