Futibatinib was approved for medical use in the United States in September 2022,[1][3][7][2] in Japan in June 2023[8][9] and in the European Union in July 2023.[4][10]
Medical uses
Futibatinib is indicated for the treatment of adults with previously treated, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma harboring fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) gene fusions or other rearrangements.[1][3][2][11]
Society and culture
Legal status
On 26 April 2023, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a conditional marketing authorization for the medicinal product Lytgobi, intended for the second-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma characterized by fusion or rearrangements of fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) 2.[12] The applicant for this medicinal product is Taiho Pharma Netherlands B.V.[12] Futibatinib was approved for medical use in the European Union in July 2023.[4]
^ ab"Lytgobi: Pending EC decision". European Medicines Agency. 26 April 2023. Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023. Text was copied from this source which is copyright European Medicines Agency. Reproduction is authorized provided the source is acknowledged.
^World Health Organization (2019). "International nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances (INN): recommended INN: list 81". WHO Drug Information. 33 (1). hdl:10665/330896.