Degarelix - Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Alternative Names: ASP-3550; Degarelix acetate; FE-200486; Firmagon; Gonax; Uglypeptide-1Latest Information Update: 16 May 2025
At a glance
- Originator Ferring Pharmaceuticals
- Developer Astellas Pharma; Ferring Pharmaceuticals
- Class Antineoplastics; Oligopeptides
- Mechanism of Action LHRH 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 Prostate cancer
- Discontinued Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Most Recent Events
- 11 Dec 2024 Medical University of South California in collaboration with, Ferring Pharmaceuticals completes a phase II trial in prostate cancer in USA (NCT03069937)
- 26 Nov 2024 No development reported - Phase-III for Prostate cancer (Late-stage disease) in Slovakia, France, South Africa, Greece, Poland, Germany, Russia, Finland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic (SC)
- 22 Jun 2022 Ferring Pharmaceuticals completes a phase II trial for Prostate Cancer (Late-stage disease, Combination therapy) in Sweden (SC, Injection, Powder, Solution) (EudraCT2016-004120-39)