Plinabulin - BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals
Alternative Names: BPI 2358; NPI 2358Latest Information Update: 04 May 2026
At a glance
- Originator Nereus Pharmaceuticals
- Developer BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals; Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium; M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Nereus Pharmaceuticals; Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Class Antineoplastics; Imidazoles; Piperazines; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Angiogenesis inhibitors; Antigen presenting cell stimulants; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor stimulants; Mitosis inhibitors; Tubulin polymerisation inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
No
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Preregistration Neutropenia
- Phase III Non-small cell lung cancer
- Phase II Small cell lung cancer
- Phase I/II Cancer
- No development reported Bladder cancer; Brain cancer; Breast cancer; Gastric cancer; Glioblastoma; Sickle cell anaemia; Soft tissue sarcoma; Solid tumours
Most Recent Events
- 23 Apr 2026 Pharmacodynamic and adverse events data from a preclinical studies in Cancer released by BeyondSpring
- 22 Apr 2026 (BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals plans a phase III DUBLIN-4 trial for Non-small cell lung cancer (Combination therapy; Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease, Second-line therapy or greater) in USA (IV, Infusion) in June 2026 (NCT07361484)
- 12 Dec 2025 Efficacy and adverse events data from the phase III DUBLIN-3 trial in Non-small cell lung cancer released by BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals