Defibrotide - Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Alternative Names: Defibrotide sodium; Defitelio; Fraction P; JZP-381; Noravid; NS 73; ProciclideLatest Information Update: 21 Nov 2025
At a glance
- Originator Gentium
- Developer Fukushima Medical University; Gentium; Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc; Nippon Shinyaku; Swedish Orphan Biovitrum; University of California at San Francisco
- Class Antithrombotics; Nucleotide aptamers; Polydeoxyribonucleotides
- Mechanism of Action Angiogenesis inhibitors; Heparanase inhibitors; Platelet aggregation inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Veno-occlusive disorders; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; Graft-versus-host disease
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
- Available For Licensing Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Veno-occlusive disorders
- Phase II Graft-versus-host disease; Neurological disorders; Thrombotic microangiopathies
- Market Withdrawal Deep vein thrombosis; Thrombosis
- No development reported Diabetic nephropathies; Multiple myeloma
Most Recent Events
- 21 Nov 2025 Launched for Veno-occlusive disorders (In adolescents, In children, In adults, In infants) in Switzerland (IV), prior to November 2025 (Jazz Pharmaceuticals website, November 2025)
- 21 Nov 2025 Launched for Veno-occlusive disorders (In adolescents, In children, In infants, In adults) in Iceland (IV), prior to November 2025 (Jazz Pharmaceuticals website, November 2025)
- 21 Nov 2025 Launched for Veno-occlusive disorders (In adults, In infants, In children, In adolescents) in Liechtenstein (IV), prior to November 2025 (Jazz Pharmaceuticals website, November 2025)