Devimistat - Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals Inc
Alternative Names: 6,8-bis(benzylthio)octanoic-acid; Bylantra; CPI-613; ONO-7912Latest Information Update: 11 Sep 2026
At a glance
- Originator Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals; Stony Brook University
- Developer Case Comprehensive Cancer Center; Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals Inc; National Cancer Institute (USA); Ono Pharmaceutical; University of Michigan; Wake Forest University Health Sciences; Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Class Antineoplastics; Carboxylic acids; Coenzymes; Fatty acids; Small molecules; Sulfides
- Mechanism of Action Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex inhibitors; Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Myelodysplastic syndromes; Burkitt's lymphoma; Biliary cancer; Acute myeloid leukaemia; Soft tissue sarcoma; Pancreatic cancer; Peripheral T-cell lymphoma; T-cell lymphoma
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 Acute myeloid leukaemia; Pancreatic cancer
- Phase II B-cell lymphoma; Burkitt's lymphoma; Small cell lung cancer; Solid tumours; T-cell lymphoma
- Phase I/II Biliary cancer; Cancer; Clear cell sarcoma; Colorectal cancer
- No development reported Hodgkin's disease
- Discontinued Myelodysplastic syndromes
Most Recent Events
- 25 Aug 2026 Rafael Pharmaceuticals completes a phase II trial in Burkitt's lymphoma, B-cell lymphoma (In adolescents, In adults, In the elderly, Second-line therapy or greater) in USA (IV) (NCT03793140)
- 28 Jul 2026 No recent reports of development identified for phase-I development in Colorectal-cancer(Combination therapy, Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease, Second-line therapy or greater) in USA (IV)
- 28 Jul 2026 No recent reports of development identified for phase-I development in Hodgkin's-disease(Combination therapy, Refractory metastatic disease, Second-line therapy or greater) in USA (IV)