Eisai R&d Management Co., Ltd.

Merck Sharp + Dohme Corp.

Eisai Company, Limited

Junji Matsui

Yasuhiro Funahashi

Tatsuo Watanabe

Yuji Yamamoto

Hiroshi Obaishi

Masayuki Matsukura

Toru Haneda

Junichi Kamata

Ken Ito

Akihiko Tsuruoka

Keiko Takahashi

Kazuki Miyazaki

Tomohiro Matsushima

Yoshimasa Sakamoto

Yoichi Ozawa

Yoshio Fukuda

Kishan Agarwala

Atsumi Yamaguchi

Yu Kato

Masahiko Katayama

Katsuji Nakamura

Ken-ichi Nomoto

Sachi Suzuki

Fusayo Mimura

Lucy Xu

Jason S Simon

Kana Hoshino

Katsuhisa Suzuki

Sho Tachino

Yuya Nakazawa

Yusuke Adachi

Yasuyuki Suzuki

Taro Semba

Bruce A Littlefield

Toshimitsu Uenaka

Tadashi Kadowaki

Takanori Abe

Itaru Arimoto

Kiyoshi Okamoto

Takako Yoshiba

Corina Dutcus

Makoto Asano

Yusuke Narita

Kenji Matsui

Erhan Berrak

RuiRong Yuan

Vassiliki Karantza

Gursel Aktan

Martin Olivo

Ken-Ichi Nomoto

Kazuhiko Yamada

Yanke Yu

Kentaro Takahashi

A novel tumor therapeutic agent for a combination therapy is disclosed. More specifically, a tumor therapeutic agent used for a combination therapy of lenvatinib, ifosfamide, and etoposide is disclosed.

Tumor therapeutic agent

The present invention provides a method for inhibiting growth of at least one tumor selected from the group consisting of uterine cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, biliary tract cancer, duodenal cancer, lung cancer, kidney cancer, sarcoma, brain tumor, urothelial cancer, thyroid cancer, stomach cancer, and lymphoma in a patient, by administering to the patient a liposome composition comprising eribulin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Method for inhibiting tumor growth

Biomarkers are provided that are predictive of a subject's responsiveness to a therapy comprising lenvatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g., lenvatinib mesylate). The biomarkers, compositions, and methods described herein are useful in selecting appropriate treatment modalities for a subject having cancer (e.g., thyroid cancer, kidney cancer), suspected of having cancer, or at risk of developing cancer.

Biomarkers for predicting and assessing responsiveness of thyroid and kidney cancer subjects to lenvatinib compounds

The present disclosure describes combination therapies comprising an antagonist of Programmed Death 1 receptor (PD-1) and eribulin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the use of the combination therapies for the treatment of cancer.

Combination of a PD-1 antagonist and eribulin for treating cancer

The present invention provides an anti-human Notch4 antibody or a Notch4 binding fragment thereof that may have neutralizing activity against human Notch4, as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as the active ingredient. The present inventors obtained a mouse anti-human Notch4 antibody that has high neutralizing activity and binding affinity towards human Notch4 and determined the complementarity determining region (CDR) sequence of the mouse anti-human Notch4 antibody. This enabled the production of a humanized antibody comprising the variable region of heavy and light chains as well as the CDR sequence of the mouse anti-human Notch4 antibody.

Anti human Notch4 antibody

The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and therapeutic methods for treating diseases such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIA, multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIB, familial medullary thyroid carcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, papillary thyroid carcinoma, sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma, Hirschsprung disease, pheochromocytoma, parathyroid hyperplasia and mucosal neuromas of the gastrointestinal tract. The therapeutic methods and pharmaceutical compositions use a RET kinase inhibiting substance, such as 4-(3-chloro-4-(cyclopropylaminocarbonyl)aminophenoxy)-7-methoxy-6-quinolinecarboxamide and pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, and involve a step of administering the RET kinase inhibiting substance to a patient.

Antitumor agent for thyroid cancer

The present invention provides a method of predicting the antitumor effect of an angiogenesis inhibitor. It is possible to predict the antitumor effect of an angiogenesis inhibitor by evaluating the EGF dependency of a tumor cell for proliferation and/or survival and using the EGF dependency as an indicator. Since the antitumor effect of an angiogenesis inhibitor correlates with the EGF dependency of a tumor cell for proliferation and/or survival, the angiogenesis inhibitors is capable of producing excellent antitumor effect when combined with a substance having EGF inhibitory activity.

Method for assay on the effect of vascularization inhibitor

The present invention provides a method of predicting the antitumor effect of an angiogenesis inhibitor. It is possible to predict the antitumor effect of an angiogenesis inhibitor by evaluating the EOF dependency of a tumor cell for proliferation and/or survival and using the EGF dependency as an indicator. Since the antitumor effect of an angiogenesis inhibitor correlates with the EGF dependency of a tumor cell for proliferation and/or survival, the angiogenesis inhibitors is capable of producing excellent antitumor effect when combined with a substance having EGF inhibitory activity.

A therapeutic agent for tumor for combined use of a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by Formula (I) and a compound represented by Formula (II): wherein Ris Calkyl or Ccycloalkyl, Ris a hydrogen atom or Calkoxy, and Ris a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, exhibits an excellent antitumor effect compared to cases where these are individually used.

Therapeutic agent for tumor

Compounds represented by the following general formula: wherein Ais an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; Xis &#x2014;O&#x2014;, &#x2014;S&#x2014;, etc.; Yis an optionally substituted Caryl group, an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; and Tis a group represented by the following general formula: (wherein Eis a single bond or &#x2014;N(R)&#x2014;), Rand Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted Calkyl group, etc. and Zrepresents a Calkyl group, a Calicyclic hydrocarbon group, a Caryl group, etc.), salts thereof or hydrates of the foregoing.

Nitrogen-containing aromatic derivatives

Compounds represented by the following general formula: [wherein Ais an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; Xis &#x2014;O&#x2014;, &#x2014;S&#x2014;, etc.; Yis an optionally substituted Caryl group, an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; and Tis a group represented by the following general formula: (wherein Eis a single bond or &#x2014;N(R)&#x2014;, Rand Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted Calkyl group, etc. and Zrepresents a Calkyl group, a Calicyclic hydrocarbon group, a Caryl group, etc.)],salts thereof or hydrates of the foregoing.

Compounds represented by the following general formula: [wherein Ais an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; Xis &#x2014;O&#x2014;, &#x2014;S&#x2014;, etc.; Yis an optionally substituted Caryl group, an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; and Tis a group represented by the following general formula: (wherein Eis a single bond or &#x2014;N(R)&#x2014;, Rand Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted Calkyl group, etc. and Zrepresents a Calkyl group, a Calicyclic hydrocarbon group, a Caryl group, etc.)], salts thereof or hydrates of the foregoing.

Compounds represented by the following general formula: [wherein Ais an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; Xis &#x2014;O&#x2014;, &#x2014;S&#x2014;, etc.; Yis an optionally substituted Caryl group, an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; and Tis a group represented by the following general formula: (wherein Eis a single bond or &#x2014;N(R)&#x2014;, Rand Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted Calkyl group, etc. and Zrepresents a Calkyl group, a Calicyclic hydrocarbon group, a Caryl group, etc.)],

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Junji Matsui