Levofolinic acid - Acrotech Biopharma
Alternative Names: Calcium levofolinate; Calcium levoleucovorin; FUSILEV; Isovorin; KHAPZORY; Levofolinate; Levofolinate calcium; Levoleucovorin; Levoleucovorin calcium pentahydrateLatest Information Update: 21 Jan 2025
At a glance
- Originator Wyeth
- Developer Acrotech Biopharma
- Class Antidotes; Antineoplastics; Formyltetrahydrofolates; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase inhibitors; Thymidylate synthase 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 Anaemia; Colorectal cancer; Osteosarcoma
Most Recent Events
- 17 Jan 2025 Merck Sharp & Dohme plans a phase I/II Substudy 06E trial for Oesophageal cancer (Combination therapy, Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease) in January 2025 (NCT06780111)
- 06 Mar 2019 Spectrum Pharmaceuticals completes sale of levofolinic acid to Acrotech Biopharma
- 17 Jan 2019 Spectrum Pharmaceuticals and Acrotech Biopharma enters into a definitive agreement to sell Levofolinic acid