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March 29, 2013 10:00 am


Good News For Pfizer’s Orphan Drug Bosulif (Bosutinib) in Europe

BOSUTINIB
4-[(2,4-dichloro-5-methoxyphenyl)amino]-6-methoxy-7-[3-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)propoxy]quinoline-3-carbonitrile

 

mar 28,2013

Regulators in Europe have given a partial green light to Pfizer ‘s leukaemia drug Bosulif.

The European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorisation for Bosulif (bosutinib) for the treatment of adults with chronic, accelerated or blast phase Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML). The drug can be given to patients previously treated with one or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors ie Novartis’ Gleevec (imatinib) and Tasigna (nilotinib) or Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Sprycel (dasatinib).

The European Medicines Agency’s  (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) on January 17, 2013, adopts a positive opinion, recommending a conditional marketing authhorization for Pfizer’s orphan drug Bosulif (Bosutinib) for Chronic Leukemia (CML).  Bosutinib receives orphan designation from the European Commission (EC) on August 4, 2010, for CML.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ema.europa.eu%2Fdocs%2Fen_GB%2Fdocument_library%2FSummary_of_opinion_-_Initial_authorisation%2Fhuman%2F002373%2FWC500137464.pdf

Pfizer receives FDA approval on September 4, 2012, for orphan drug Bosulif (Bosutinib) for CML. Pfizer receives on February 24, 2009, FDA Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for Bosutinib for CML.

 

Bosutinib (rINN/USAN; codenamed SKI-606, marketed under the trade name Bosulif) is atyrosine kinase inhibitor undergoing research for use in the treatment of cancer. [1] [2]Originally synthesized by Wyeth, it is being developed by Pfizer.

Some commercial stocks of bosutinib (from sources other than the Pfizer material used for clinical trials) have recently been found to have the incorrect chemical structure, calling the biological results obtained with them into doubt.[3]

Bosutinib received US FDA approval on September 5, 2012 for the treatment of adult patients with chronic, accelerated, or blast phase Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+)chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) with resistance, or intolerance to prior therapy.[4][5][6]

  1. Puttini M, Coluccia AM, Boschelli F, Cleris L, Marchesi E, Donella-Deana A, Ahmed S, Redaelli S, Piazza R, Magistroni V, Andreoni F, Scapozza L, Formelli F, Gambacorti-Passerini C. In vitro and in vivo activity of SKI-606, a novel Src-Abl inhibitor, against imatinib-resistant Bcr-Abl+ neoplastic cells. Cancer Res. 2006 Dec 1;66(23):11314-22. Epub 2006 Nov 17.
  2. Vultur A, Buettner R, Kowolik C, et al. (May 2008). “SKI-606 (bosutinib), a novel Src kinase inhibitor, suppresses migration and invasion of human breast cancer cells”.Mol. Cancer Ther. 7 (5): 1185–94. doi:10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-08-0126.PMC 2794837. PMID 18483306.
  3.  Derek Lowe, In The Pipeline (blog), “Bosutinib: Don’t Believe the Label!”
  4. Cortes JE, Kantarjian HM, Brümmendorf TH, Kim DW, Turkina AG, Shen ZX, Pasquini R, Khoury HJ, Arkin S, Volkert A, Besson N, Abbas R, Wang J, Leip E, Gambacorti-Passerini C. Safety and efficacy of bosutinib (SKI-606) in chronic phase Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia patients with resistance or intolerance to imatinib. Blood. 2011 Oct 27;118(17):4567-76. Epub 2011 Aug 24.
  5. Cortes JE, Kim DW, Kantarjian HM, Brümmendorf TH, Dyagil I, Griskevicus L, Malhotra H, Powell C, Gogat K, Countouriotis AM, Gambacorti-Passerini C. Bosutinib Versus Imatinib in Newly Diagnosed Chronic-Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Results From the BELA Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Sep 4. [Epub ahead of print]
  6. “Bosulif Approved for Previously Treated Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia”. 05 Sep 2012.

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