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The most innovative pharmaceutical agents of 2020

By Danielle Kirsh | August 3, 2020

lorbrenaLorbrena

Pfizer

Lorbrena is a prescription medicine for people living with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)+ non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and is no longer responding to alectinib or ceritinib or crizotinib and at least one other ALK inhibitor medicine.

Lorbrena works by inhibiting the ALK protein to help slow the growth or spread of ALK+ tumors that have spread to other parts of the body.

The most common side effects include swelling in arms, legs, hands and feet, numbness and tingling feeling in joints or arms and legs, difficulty thinking or confusion, difficulty breathing, tiredness, Weight gain, joint pain, changes in mood, feeling sad or anxious and diarrhea.

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Filed Under: Drug Discovery, Drug Discovery and Development, Neurological Disease, Oncology, Orphan Drugs
Tagged With: AbbVie, Adlon Therapeutics, Advanced Accelerator Applications, Astellas Pharma, Bayer, Eli Lilly & Co., Galien Foundation, Genentech, Greenwich Biosciences, GW Pharmaceuticals, Janssen Biotech, Johnson & Johnson, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Medicines Development for Global Health, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Population Council, Purdue Pharma, Roche Group, Servier Pharmaceuticals, SIGA Technologies, Sobi, TB Alliance, Theravance Biopharma
 
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About The Author

Danielle Kirsh

Danielle Kirsh is an award-winning journalist and senior editor for Medical Design & Outsourcing, MassDevice, and Medical Tubing + Extrusion, and the founder of Women in Medtech and lead editor for Big 100. She received her bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and mass communication from Norfolk State University and is pursuing her master's in global strategic communications at the University of Florida. You can connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn, or email her at dkirsh@wtwhmedia.com.

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