Tegafur
As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Tegafur is a small molecule: marketed, first approved in 1978 (ES); acts on TYMS.
Sources: FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL.
The drug
- Status
- Marketed; latest approval 2011
- Kind
- Small molecule
- Brand name
- Teysuno
- First approved
- 1 March 1978 (ES)
- Approvals on record
- 3 in 3 regions
- Holder of the most recent approval
- Nordic; 3 holders in all
- Registered trials
- 108, 13 stopped early
- Disease areas
- Cancer; Digestive system; Skin and connective tissue; Hormones; Mouth and teeth; Chemically induced
US protection
No US approval on record.
With no US approval on record there are no listed US patents or exclusivities.
This is the US only.
Companies that need a new molecule because of this drug
2 companies on route B because of this drug.
Companies on route B for this drug
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Target
| Gene | Protein | UniProt |
|---|---|---|
| TYMS | Thymidylate synthase | P04818 |
Registered trials
| Phase | Trials | Completed | Active | Stopped early |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase not stated | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Phase 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Phase 2 | 63 | 11 | 18 | 7 |
| Phase 3 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| Phase 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All trials | 108 |