Drug Profile
Erlotinib - Astellas Pharma/Roche
Alternative Names: CP-358774; CP-358774-01; Erlotinib hydrochloride; NSC-718781; OSI-774; R-1415; RG-1415; RO-508231; Ro50-8231; TarcevaLatest Information Update: 28 Mar 2018
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At a glance
- Originator OSI Pharmaceuticals
- Developer Astellas Pharma; Chugai Pharmaceutical; Finnish Lung Cancer Group; Genentech; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; National Cancer Institute (USA); Novartis; OSI Pharmaceuticals; Polyphenon Pharma; Roche; SCRI Development Innovations; Takeda Oncology; University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Class Alkynes; Antineoplastics; Quinazolines; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Epidermal growth factor receptor antagonists
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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 Non-small cell lung cancer; Pancreatic cancer
- Phase III Ependymoma; Head and neck cancer
- Phase II Bladder cancer; Brain metastases; Glioblastoma; Gynaecological cancer; Neuroendocrine tumours; Squamous cell cancer
- Phase I/II Colorectal cancer; Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Phase I Solid tumours
- No development reported Anaplastic astrocytoma; Breast cancer; Bronchiolo-alveolar adenocarcinoma; Cancer metastases
- Discontinued Hepatocellular carcinoma
Most Recent Events
- 28 Mar 2018 No recent reports of development identified for phase-I development in Head-and-neck-cancer(Combination therapy, Prevention) in USA (PO, Tablet)
- 01 Dec 2017 Genentech completes a phase II trial for Non small cell lung cancer (Late-stage disease) in USA (PO) (NCT00567359)
- 04 Nov 2017 No recent reports of development identified for phase-I development in Breast-cancer(Combination therapy, In the elderly, Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease, Second-line therapy or greater, In adults) in USA