Afatinib dimaleateProduct ingredient for Afatinib
- Name
- Afatinib dimaleate
- Drug Entry
- Afatinib
Afatinib is a 4-anilinoquinazoline tyrosine kinase inhibitor in the form of a dimaleate salt available as Boehringer Ingelheim's brand name Gilotrif Label. For oral use, afatinib tablets are a first-line (initial) treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with common epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations as detected by an FDA-approved test 4. Gilotrif (afatinib) is the first FDA-approved oncology product from Boehringer Ingelheim 4.
- Accession Number
- DBSALT000005
- Structure
- Synonyms
- Not Available
- External IDs
- BIBW 2992MA2 / BIBW2992 MA2