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Anlotinib: First Global Approval

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Jiangsu Chia-Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical and Advenchen Laboratories are co-developing anlotinib (Focus V®) for the treatment of advanced cancer. Anlotinib is an oral small molecule inhibitor of multiple receptor tyrosine kinases, with a broad spectrum of inhibitory effects on tumour angiogenesis and growth. Anlotinib is approved in China for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have undergone progression or recurrence after ≥ 2 lines of systemic chemotherapy. Anlotinib is also undergoing phase II and/or III clinical development for various sarcomas and carcinomas in China, USA and Italy. This article summarizes the milestones in the development of anlotinib leading to this first approval for NSCLC.

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  • 06 August 2018

    Following a once-daily on days 1–14 of each 21-day cycle regimen, plasma concentrations of anlotinib reached maximum on day 14 and decreased subsequently with the 7-day rest period until the start of the next treatment cycle [2].

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Syed, Y.Y. Anlotinib: First Global Approval. Drugs 78, 1057–1062 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40265-018-0939-x

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