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Docetaxel - Sanofi Aventis

Drug Profile

Docetaxel - Sanofi Aventis

Alternative Names: Docetaxol; NSC 628503; RP 56976; Taxotere; XPR 6976; XRP-6976

Latest Information Update: 29 Dec 2023

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At a glance

  • Originator sanofi-aventis
  • Developer Bristol-Myers Squibb; National Cancer Institute (USA); Radiation Therapy Oncology Group; Roche; Sanofi; University of Iowa; University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; West German Study Group
  • Class Antineoplastics; Radiopharmaceutical diagnostics; Small molecules; Taxanes
  • Mechanism of Action Mitosis inhibitors; Tubulin inhibitors; Tubulin polymerisation promoters
  • Orphan Drug Status

    Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.

    No
  • New Molecular Entity Yes

Highest Development Phases

  • Marketed Breast cancer; Endometrial cancer; Gastric cancer; Head and neck cancer; Non-small cell lung cancer; Oesophageal cancer; Ovarian cancer; Prostate cancer
  • Registered Solid tumours
  • No development reported Sarcoma
  • Discontinued Fallopian tube cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Peritoneal cancer

Most Recent Events

  • 06 Dec 2023 Bristol-Myers Squibb completes a phase II trial in Prostate cancer (Hormone refractory, Metastatic disease, Combination therapy, Second-line therapy or greater) in USA, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Italy, Greece, France, Canada, Argentina (IV) (NCT05169684)
  • 02 Jun 2023 Efficacy data from a phase III PRODIGY trial in Gastric Cancer presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO-2023)
  • 20 May 2022 National Cancer Institute completes phase-III trial in Prostate cancer (Combination therapy, Second-line therapy or greater) in Canada, USA (IV) (NCT00288080)
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