Selexipag - Actelion/Nippon Shinyaku
Alternative Names: ACT-293987; JNJ-678896049; NS-304; UptraviLatest Information Update: 10 Apr 2025
At a glance
- Originator Nippon Shinyaku
- Developer Actelion Pharmaceuticals; Nippon Shinyaku
- Class Acetamides; Amines; Anti-inflammatories; Antithrombotics; Pyrazines; Small molecules; Sulfonamides; Vascular disorder therapies; Vasodilators
- Mechanism of Action Epoprostenol receptor agonists
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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 Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pulmonary hypertension
- Phase III Arteriosclerosis obliterans
- No development reported Raynaud's disease; Thromboangiitis obliterans
- Discontinued Spinal stenosis
Most Recent Events
- 19 Mar 2025 Launched for Pulmonary arterial hypertension (In children) in Japan (PO)
- 27 Dec 2024 Registered for Pulmonary arterial hypertension (In children) in Japan (PO)
- 27 Dec 2024 Nippon Shinyaku receives label expansion for selexipag tablet (0.05 mg) for Pulmonary arterial hypertension (In children)