Nemtabrutinib - Merck
Alternative Names: ARQ-531; MK-1026Latest Information Update: 30 Sep 2025
At a glance
- Originator ArQule
- Developer Merck & Co
- Class Antineoplastics; Pyrimidines; Pyrroles; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Agammaglobulinaemia tyrosine kinase 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
- Phase III Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Phase II Follicular lymphoma; Haematological malignancies; Richter's syndrome
Most Recent Events
- 26 Sep 2025 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center plans a phase II trial for Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (Adjunctive treatment, Recurrent, Second-line therapy or greater) in USA (PO) (NCT07194980)
- 03 Sep 2025 Merck Sharp & Dohme completes a phase I trials in Haematological malignancies (Second-line therapy or greater) in Japan (PO) (NCT05673460; jRCT2031220583)
- 03 Mar 2025 Pharmacodynamics data from preclinical studies in Cancer presented at the ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress 2025 (ESMO TAT-2025)