Pemetrexed - Eagle Pharmaceuticals
Alternative Names: EP-5101; Pemetrexed RTD; PEMFEXY; RTD Pemetrexed InjectionLatest Information Update: 26 Oct 2023
At a glance
- Originator Eagle Pharmaceuticals
- Class Antineoplastics; Benzamides; Glutamates; Hypoxanthines; Pyrimidines; Pyrroles; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase inhibitors; Thymidylate synthase 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 No
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Malignant-mesothelioma; Non-small cell lung cancer
Most Recent Events
- 24 Oct 2023 Eagle Pharmaceuticals has patent protection for pemetrexed formulations in USA
- 05 Sep 2023 Chemical structure information added
- 19 Dec 2022 US FDA approves pemetrexed for Non-small cell lung cancer (Metastatic disease, Combination therapy) (with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations) in the USA