Veliparib - Abbvie
Alternative Names: ABT-888; NSC-737664Latest Information Update: 20 Oct 2025
At a glance
- Originator Abbott Laboratories
- Developer Abbott Laboratories; AbbVie
- Class Amides; Antineoplastics; Benzimidazoles; Pyrrolidines; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 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
- Phase III Fallopian tube cancer; HER2 negative breast cancer; Non-small cell lung cancer; Ovarian cancer; Peritoneal cancer; Triple negative breast cancer
- Phase II/III Glioblastoma
- Phase II Brain metastases; Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; Germ cell and embryonal neoplasms; Germ cell cancer; Malignant melanoma; Pancreatic cancer; Rectal cancer; Solid tumours; Testicular cancer
- Phase I/II Glioma; Head and neck cancer; Prostate cancer; Small cell lung cancer
- Phase I Leukaemia
- No development reported Lymphoma; Multiple myeloma
- Discontinued Liver cancer
Most Recent Events
- 28 May 2025 Pharmacokinetics data from preclinical trial presented at the 126th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT-2025)
- 21 Mar 2025 National Cancer Institute completes a phase II trial in Breast cancer and Triple-negative breast cancer (Combination therapy, Second-line therapy or greater) in Puerto Rico and USA (PO, Capsule) (NCT02595905)
- 05 Apr 2024 Efficacy data from the phase II I-SPY trial in Breast cancer presented at the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR-2024)