Ruxolitinib Chemical Properties
density 1.40
CAS DataBase Reference 941678-49-5
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Ruxolitinib Usage And Synthesis
Pharmacological effects Myelofibrosis (MF) is a rarely-occurring disease of myelodysplastic disorders. It is caused by the replacement of in vivo bone marrow by scar tissue, leading to the production of blood cells in the liver and spleen and other organs, which is characterized by splenomegaly, anemia, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia, and different degrees of bone sclerosis. Symptoms include fatigue, abdominal discomfort, pain under the ribs, muscle and bone pain, itching and night sweats.
Ruxolitinib is the first oral medication approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of myelofibrosis. It is a small-molecule inhibitor of the tyrosine kinase (namely, JAK1 and JAK2) and is suitable for the treatment of intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis, including primary myelofibrosis, post-polycythemia Vera myelofibrosis and post essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis.
August 29, 2012, the EU has approved the first drug for the treatment of myelofibrosis, ruxolitinib. Ruxolitinib can be used for the treatment of intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis, including primary myelofibrosis, post-polycythemia Vera myelofibrosis and post essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis. Currently, ruxolitinib has been approved by more than 50 countries around the world, including the EU, Canada and some Asian, Latin American and South American countries.
US Novartis has obtained authorization from Incyte Company of the development and commercialization right of Ruxolitinib outside the United States. The European Commission and the FDA have both granted the status of Ruxolitinib as the orphan drug in the treatment of myelofibrosis. Currently, Incyte has sold it under the trade name Jakafi in the United States for the treatment of intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis.