Abemaciclib - Eli Lilly and Company
Alternative Names: Abemaciclib mesylate; Bemaciclib; Bemaciclib mesylate; LY 2835219; Verzenio; VerzeniosLatest Information Update: 08 Apr 2026
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; National Cancer Institute (USA); 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
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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
- 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; Kaposi's sarcoma
- Phase I Myelofibrosis
- No development reported Cancer; Renal cell carcinoma
Most Recent Events
- 08 Apr 2026 Efficacy and adverse event data from a phase III monarchE trial in Breast cancer presented at the 50th European Society for Medical Oncology Congress (ESMO-2025)
- 21 Jan 2026 Eli Lilly and Company completes a phase I trial for Prostate cancer (Hormone refractory, Combination therapy, Metastatic diseases) in the US, Germany and Spain (NCT05999968)
- 09 Dec 2025 Efficacy and pharmacodynamics data from a phase III EMBER-3 trial in Breast cancer presented at the 48th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS-2025)