API Zanubrutinib

Zanubrutinib is a novel Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor used for the treatment of adult patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) who have received at least one prior therapy. Mantle cell lymphoma is an aggressive mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that is associated with early relapse, poor clinical outcomes, and long-term survival. BTK is an enzyme that plays a role in oncogenic signalling pathways, where it promotes the survival and proliferation of malignant B cells. Compared to the first-generation BTK inhibitor [ibrutinib], zanubrutinib displays higher potency and selectivity for BTK with fewer off-target effects. Due to this enhanced selectivity towards BTK, zanubrutinib belongs to the second-generation BTK inhibitor drug group that also includes [acalabrutinib], which was approved by the FDA in 2017. Zanubrutinib was granted accelerated approval by the FDA in November 2019 based on clinical trial results that demonstrated an 84% overall response rate from zanubrutinib therapy in patients with MCL, which measures the proportion of patients in a trial whose tumour is entirely or partially destroyed by a drug. It is currently marketed under the trade name BRUKINSA™ and is available as oral capsules.|Zanubrutinib is a Kinase Inhibitor. The mechanism of action of zanubrutinib is as a Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor.|Zanubrutinib is an oral inhibitor of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase that is used in the therapy of refractory mantle cell lymphoma. Zanubrutinib has been associated with a low rate of serum enzyme elevations during therapy, but has not been linked to cases of clinically apparent acute liver injury although it may pose a risk for reactivation of hepatitis B in susceptible patients.|Zanubrutinib is an inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) with potential antineoplastic activity. Upon administration, zanubrutinib inhibits the activity of BTK and prevents the activation of the B-cell antigen receptor (BCR) signaling pathway. This prevents both B-cell activation and BTK-mediated activation of downstream survival pathways, which leads to the inhibition of the growth of malignant B-cells that overexpress BTK. BTK, a member of the Src-related BTK/Tec family of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases, is overexpressed in B-cell malignancies; it plays an important role in B-lymphocyte development, activation, signaling, proliferation and survival.
Zanubrutinib, a second-generation BTK inhibitor discovered and developed by BeiGene in China, has been approved by the FDA (in 2019) for treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and certain other indications. Zanubrutinib has lower toxicity and better efficacy than ibrutinib. It is in direct competition with AstraZeneca’s acalabrutinib for the $12 billion blood cancer market currently dominated by the first-in-class BTK inhibitor ibrutinib.
Class: non-receptor tyrosine kinaseTreatment: MCL, MZL, WMOral bioavailability = 15%Elimination half-life = 3.3 hProtein binding = 94%