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Vemurafenib
Clinical data
Pronunciation/ˌvɛməˈræfənɪb/ VEM-ə-RAF-ə-nib
Trade namesZelboraf
Other namesPLX4032, RG7204, PLX4720, RO5185426
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa612009
License data
  • EU EMA: by INN
  • US FDA: Vemurafenib
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: D[1]
Routes of
administration
By mouth
ATC code
  • L01XE15 (WHO)
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)[1]
  • CA: ℞-only
  • UK: POM (Prescription only)
  • US: ℞-only
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • N-(3-{[5-(4-Chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]carbonyl}-2,4-difluorophenyl)propane-1-sulfonamide
CAS Number
  • 918504-65-1
PubChem CID
  • 42611257
IUPHAR/BPS
  • 5893
DrugBank
  • DB08881
ChemSpider
  • 24747352 checkY
UNII
  • 207SMY3FQT
KEGG
  • D09996 checkY
ChEMBL
  • ChEMBL1229517
PDB ligand
  • 032 (PDBe, RCSB PDB)
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
  • DTXSID50238710 Edit this at Wikidata
ECHA InfoCard100.287.801 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC23H18ClF2N3O3S
Molar mass489.92 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • Interactive image
SMILES
  • CCCS(=O)(=O)Nc1ccc(F)c(c1F)C(=O)c2c[nH]c3c2cc(cn3)c4ccc(Cl)cc4
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C23H18ClF2N3O3S/c1-2-9-33(31,32)29-19-8-7-18(25)20(21(19)26)22(30)17-12-28-23-16(17)10-14(11-27-23)13-3-5-15(24)6-4-13/h3-8,10-12,29H,2,9H2,1H3,(H,27,28) checkY
  • Key:GPXBXXGIAQBQNI-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
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vemurafenib
Drug mechanism
Crystallographic structure of B-Raf (rainbow colored, N-terminus = blue, C-terminus = red) complexed with vemurafenib (spheres, carbon = white, oxygen = red, nitrogen = blue, chlorine = green, fluorine = cyan, sulfur = yellow).[2]
Therapeutic usemelanoma
Biological targetBRAF
Mechanism of actionprotein kinase inhibitor
External links
PDB ligand id032: PDBe, RCSB PDB
LIGPLOT3og7

Vemurafenib (INN), sold under the brand name Zelboraf, is a medication used for the treatment of late-stage melanoma.[2] It is an inhibitor of the B-Raf enzyme and was developed by Plexxikon.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Australian Product Information: Zelboraf® (vemurafenib)". Roche Products Pty Limited. 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c PDB: 3OG7​; Bollag G, Hirth P, Tsai J, Zhang J, Ibrahim PN, Cho H, et al. (September 2010). "Clinical efficacy of a RAF inhibitor needs broad target blockade in BRAF-mutant melanoma". Nature. 467 (7315): 596–599. Bibcode:2010Natur.467..596B. doi:10.1038/nature09454. PMC 2948082. PMID 20823850.

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