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Drug ReportsGefitinib
Iressa(gefitinib)
Gefitinib, Iressa (gefitinib) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Gefitinib was first approved as Iressa on 2003-05-05. It is used to treat non-small-cell lung carcinoma in the USA. It has been approved in Europe to treat non-small-cell lung carcinoma. The pharmaceutical is active against epidermal growth factor receptor.
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MeSH
neoplasmsD009369
respiratory tract diseasesD012140
Trade Name
FDA
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Gefitinib, Iressa (discontinued: Iressa)
Drug Products
FDA
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New Drug Application (NDA)
Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
Gefitinib
Tradename
Company
Number
Date
Products
IRESSAAstraZenecaN-206995 RX2015-07-13
1 products, RLD, RS
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Brand Name
Status
Last Update
gefitinibANDA2024-04-22
Indications
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Indication
Ontology
MeSH
ICD-10
non-small-cell lung carcinoma—D002289—
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ATC Codes
L: Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents
— L01: Antineoplastic agents
— L01E: Protein kinase inhibitors, antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents
— L01EB: Epidermal growth factor receptor (egfr) tyrosine kinase inhibitors
— L01EB01: Gefitinib
HCPCS
Code
Description
J8565
Gefitinib, oral, 250 mg
Clinical
Clinical Trials
420 clinical trials
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Indications Phases 4
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Non-small-cell lung carcinomaD002289——1221146957
Lung neoplasmsD008175—C34.90101982741
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Breast neoplasmsD001943EFO_0003869C50—131——14
CarcinomaD002277—C80.0—83—111
Squamous cell carcinomaD002294——151——7
NeoplasmsD009369—C80312——6
Colorectal neoplasmsD015179——231——4
AdenocarcinomaD000230———31——4
Small cell lung carcinomaD055752——111——3
Squamous cell carcinoma of head and neckD000077195———21——3
Neoplasm metastasisD009362EFO_0009708——11——2
Unknown primary neoplasmsD009382————1——1
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Head and neck neoplasmsD006258——411——115
Prostatic neoplasmsD011471—C6117———7
Squamous cell neoplasmsD018307——13———4
Pancreatic neoplasmsD010190EFO_0003860C2513———3
GlioblastomaD005909EFO_0000515—12———3
Urinary bladder neoplasmsD001749—C67—2———2
Adenocarcinoma of lungD000077192———2———2
Ovarian neoplasmsD010051EFO_0003893C5612———2
Stomach neoplasmsD013274EFO_0003897C1612———2
NeuroblastomaD009447EFO_0000621—11———2
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Indications Phases 1
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Meningeal carcinomatosisD055756EFO_1001012—1————1
MeningitisD008581EFO_0000584G031————1
OsteosarcomaD012516——1————1
RhabdomyosarcomaD012208——1————1
Indications Without Phase
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Epidemiology
Epidemiological information for investigational and approved indications
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General
Drug common nameGefitinib
INNgefitinib
Description
Gefitinib is a member of the class of quinazolines that is quinazoline which is substituted by a (3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)nitrilo group, 3-(morpholin-4-yl)propoxy group and a methoxy group at positions 4,6 and 7, respectively. An EGFR kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. It has a role as an epidermal growth factor receptor antagonist and an antineoplastic agent. It is an aromatic ether, a member of monochlorobenzenes, a member of monofluorobenzenes, a secondary amino compound, a tertiary amino compound, a member of quinazolines and a member of morpholines.
Classification
Small molecule
Drug classtyrosine kinase inhibitors
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)
COc1cc2ncnc(Nc3ccc(F)c(Cl)c3)c2cc1OCCCN1CCOCC1
Identifiers
PDB—
CAS-ID184475-35-2
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ChEMBL IDCHEMBL939
ChEBI ID49668
PubChem CID123631
DrugBankDB00317
UNII IDS65743JHBS (ChemIDplus, GSRS)
Target
Agency Approved
EGFR
EGFR
Organism
Homo sapiens
Gene name
EGFR
Gene synonyms
ERBB, ERBB1, HER1
NCBI Gene ID
Protein name
epidermal growth factor receptor
Protein synonyms
avian erythroblastic leukemia viral (v-erb-b) oncogene homolog, cell growth inhibiting protein 40, cell proliferation-inducing protein 61, EGFR vIII, epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase domain, erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 1, Proto-oncogene c-ErbB-1, Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-1
Uniprot ID
Mouse ortholog
Egfr (13649)
epidermal growth factor receptor (Q01279)
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Iressa – AstraZeneca
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Gefitinib
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10,707 adverse events reported
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