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Capecitabine - Roche

Drug Profile

Capecitabine - Roche

Alternative Names: Capecitabine RDT; R340; RG 340; RO 091978; Ro09-1978; Xeloda

Latest Information Update: 05 Nov 2023

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At a glance

  • Originator Roche
  • Developer Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Chugai Pharmaceutical; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Ludwig-Maximilians-University; Roche; Samsung Medical Center; Sanofi; University of Chicago
  • Class Antineoplastics; Carbamates; Pyrimidine nucleosides; Small molecules
  • Mechanism of Action Thymidylate synthase inhibitors
  • 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; Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer
  • Registered Pancreatic cancer; Rectal cancer
  • Phase II Glioma; Intestinal cancer; Oesophageal cancer
  • No development reported Cervical cancer
  • Discontinued Biliary cancer; Lung cancer; Nasopharyngeal cancer

Most Recent Events

  • 28 Jun 2023 Efficacy data from a phase III trial in Colorectal Cancer presented at the 25th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer (WCGC-2023)
  • 27 Apr 2023 Chugai Pharmaceuticals submits company opinion for capecitabine for Neuroendocrine tumors to MHLW review comittee (Chugai Pharmaceuticals pipeline, May 2023)
  • 24 Jan 2023 CHEPLAPHARM acquires capecitabin (Xeloda®) from Roche
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