Abemaciclib - Eli Lilly and Company
Alternative Names: Abemaciclib mesylate; Bemaciclib; Bemaciclib mesylate; LY 2835219; Verzenio; VerzeniosLatest Information Update: 27 Feb 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
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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
- 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)
- 26 Dec 2024 Eli Lilly completes an expanded-access programme for Breast Cancer (Late-stage disease) in Australia, Canada, Egypt, India, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom (NCT03763604)
- 29 Oct 2024 Eli Lilly Canada and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) successfully completes the negotiations for Verzenio's expanded indication in Breast cancer