Abemaciclib - Eli Lilly and Company
Alternative Names: Abemaciclib mesylate; Bemaciclib; Bemaciclib mesylate; LY 2835219; Verzenio; VerzeniosLatest Information Update: 02 Sep 2025
At a glance
- Originator Eli Lilly and Company
- Developer Boehringer Ingelheim; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Eli Lilly; Eli Lilly and Company; Jules Bordet Institute; M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Merck Sharp & Dohme; UCLAs Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center; Washington University School of Medicine
- Class Aminopyridines; Antineoplastics; Benzimidazoles; Fluorinated hydrocarbons; Piperazines; Pyrimidines; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 inhibitors; Cyclin-dependent kinase 6 inhibitors
-
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 Breast cancer
- Phase III HER2 negative breast cancer; Liposarcoma; Prostate cancer
- Phase II Adenocarcinoma; Brain cancer; Cholangiocarcinoma; Endometrial cancer; Ewing's sarcoma; Fallopian tube cancer; Glioblastoma; Mantle-cell lymphoma; Non-small cell lung cancer; Oesophageal cancer; Ovarian cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Peritoneal cancer; Solid tumours; Urogenital cancer
- Phase I/II Head and neck cancer
- Phase I Myelofibrosis
- No development reported Cancer; Renal cell carcinoma
Most Recent Events
- 27 Aug 2025 Updated efficacy data from the phase III monarchE trial in Breast cancer released by Eli Lilly and Company
- 30 May 2025 Efficacy and adverse events data from a phase III EMBER-3 trial in Breast cancer presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO-2025)
- 28 Jan 2025 Sermonix Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly and Company completes the phase II ELAINE 2 trial for Breast cancer (Combination therapy, Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease, Second-line therapy or greater) in USA (PO) (NCT04432454)