Macitentan/tadalafil - Actelion Pharmaceuticals
Alternative Names: ACT 064992D; OPSYNVI; Tadalafil /Macitentan-Actelion; YuvanciLatest Information Update: 27 Dec 2024
At a glance
- Originator Actelion Pharmaceuticals
- Developer Actelion Pharmaceuticals; Nippon Shinyaku
- Class Antifibrotics; Antihypertensives; Antineoplastics; Benzodioxoles; Bromobenzenes; Carbolines; Cardiovascular therapies; Erectile dysfunction therapies; Indoles; Pyrimidines; Skin disorder therapies; Small molecules; Sulfonamides
- Mechanism of Action Endothelin A receptor antagonists; Endothelin B receptor antagonists; Type 5 cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 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 Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Phase III Pulmonary hypertension
Most Recent Events
- 20 Nov 2024 Launched for Pulmonary arterial hypertension in Japan (PO)
- 30 Sep 2024 Registered for Pulmonary arterial hypertension (Treatment-experienced) in European Union, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein (PO)
- 27 Sep 2024 Actelion completes the phase III A DUE trial in Pulmonary arterial hypertension in USA, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey (PO) (NCT03904693)(EudraCT2014-004786-25)