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Sorafenib - Bayer

Drug Profile

Sorafenib - Bayer

Alternative Names: BAY 43-9006 Tosylate; BAY 54-9085; BAY-43-9006; BAY-439006-Tosylate-Salt; Nexavar; Sorafenib tosilate; Sorafenib tosylate

Latest Information Update: 05 Nov 2023

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At a glance

  • Originator Onyx Pharmaceuticals; University of Kentucky
  • Developer ACORN Research; Asan Medical Center; Bayer; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Charite of Berlin; Genentech; Indiana University; Indiana University School of Medicine; Karolinska University Hospital; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Merck Sharp & Dohme; National Cancer Center (Korea); National Cancer Institute (USA); Onyx Pharmaceuticals; Oregon Health & Science University; Takeda; Thomas Jefferson University; University of California, San Diego; University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Yale University
  • Class Amides; Antineoplastics; Benzenesulfonates; Chlorobenzenes; Pyridines; Small molecules
  • Mechanism of Action Angiogenesis inhibitors; Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 inhibitors; Mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitors; Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitors; Platelet-derived growth factor beta receptor antagonists; Proto oncogene protein b raf inhibitors; Proto oncogene protein c ret inhibitors; Proto oncogene protein c-kit inhibitors; Proto oncogene proteins c raf inhibitors; Raf kinase inhibitors; Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 antagonists; Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 antagonists; Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 antagonists
  • Orphan Drug Status

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

    Yes - Liver cancer; Renal cell carcinoma; Thyroid cancer
  • New Molecular Entity Yes

Highest Development Phases

  • Marketed Liver cancer; Renal cell carcinoma; Thyroid cancer
  • Phase II Acute myeloid leukaemia; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Gastric cancer; Glioma; Head and neck cancer; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Neurofibromatosis 1; Oesophageal cancer; Ovarian cancer; Portal hypertension; Soft tissue sarcoma
  • Suspended Malignant melanoma; Prostate cancer
  • No development reported Acute promyelocytic leukaemia; Cancer; Colorectal cancer; Glioblastoma; Gliosarcoma; Mesothelioma; Neuroendocrine tumours; Pancreatic cancer; Solid tumours; Urogenital cancer
  • Discontinued Breast cancer; Germ cell and embryonal neoplasms; Germ cell cancer; HER2 negative breast cancer; Non-small cell lung cancer; Small cell lung cancer; Testicular cancer

Most Recent Events

  • 26 Sep 2022 No development reported - Phase-II for Renal cell carcinoma (Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease, Monotherapy, Second-line therapy or greater) in Australia, New Zealand (PO)
  • 04 Jun 2021 Efficacy and adverse events data from a phase II trial in thyroid cancer presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO-2021)
  • 28 Jul 2020 No recent reports of development identified for phase-I development in Cancer(In volunteers) in Germany (PO, Suspension)
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