1999
Cancer
N E W M E D I C I N E S I N D E V E L O P M E N T F O R
Survey
P R E S E N T E D B Y A M E R I C A Õ S P H A R M A C E U T I C A L C O M P A N I E S
Can we declare victory in the war on cancer?“Wars are never won just like that – they’re a series ofbattles and skirmishes,” says cancer researcher Dr. Derek
Raghavan of the University of California at Los Angeles. “If this
were World War II, this would be 1943. We’re about three
quarters of the way there.”
Pharmaceutical research, by developing formidable weapons
against cancer, has played a key role in the progress against this
disease. And a new survey found 354 additional medicines in
development for cancer. The medicines include 63 for breast
cancer, which strikes one out of every 10 American women; 58
for skin cancer including melanoma, the most serious form of
skin cancer, whose incidence has grown 4 percent a year since
the 1970s; 58 for lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death
in the U.S.; and 46 for colon cancer, the second leading cancer
killer of both men and women. These medicines in development
should accelerate the progress that is already being made.
For the second year in a row, the Centers for Disease Control
reported in 1999 that death rates from cancer are falling.
Particularly notable are declining death rates from breast
cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer and
leukemia. Better treatments, including more powerful and
targeted prescription drugs, are a major factor in the decline.
Scientists are expressing even more hope for the future, as
researchers unravel the mystery of how cancer works.
“Cancer is no longer a black box. Pharmaceutical industry
researchers have opened the box and are zeroing in on what
makes cancer tick ... and how to stop this disease in its tracks,”
says Robert Kramer, Ph.D., pharmaceutical company researcher.
Building on the growing knowledge of how cancer works,
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are working on a
number of novel and promising ways to fight the disease. For
example:
• At least a dozen drugs that strangle the blood vessels that
feed tumors. Last year, Harvard University researchers made
headlines by successfully shrinking tumors in mice by this
method. Efforts to turn this experiment into a medicine for
human cancer patients have proved difficult, but now there are
clinical trials being conducted on various drugs that use this
mechanism to fight multiple myeloma, lung cancer, prostate
cancer, kidney cancer, melanoma and other cancers.
• A vaccine made from a patient’s own surgically removed
colon tumor that is injected into the patient to boost the
immune system to fight a recurrence of the cancer. According
to a study published in the Lancet, a leading British medical
journal, the vaccine reduced the five-year recurrence rate by
61 percent.
• A protein that may be able to inhibit the toxic effects of
chemotherapy on non-cancerous cells, allowing doctors to give
patients higher, more effective doses of anti-cancer drugs.
Despite all the progress made against cancer, it is still the
second leading killer of Americans, surpassed only by heart
disease. Cancer will claim an estimated 560,000 American lives
this year. It costs $107 billion annually. These daunting figures
mean that we must escalate the war against cancer. In the words
of Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, “Our
battle is far from over – we must keep fighting this disease with
everything we’ve got.”
Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are investing
billions of dollars to look for and develop new weapons against
cancer. This commitment, coupled with the quickly growing
knowledge of how the disease works, represents tangible hope of
winning the war on cancer.
Alan F. Holmer
President
PhRMA
354 New Weapons Are in Development for the
War on Cancer
MEDICINES IN DEVELOPMENT FOR CANCER*
*Some medicines are l is ted in more than one category.
Unspecified Cancers
Other Cancers
Cancer-Related Conditions
Stomach Cancer
Solid Tumors
Skin Cancer
Sarcoma
Prostate Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Neuroblastoma
Multiple Myeloma
Lymphoma
Lung Cancer
Liver Cancer
Leukemia
Kidney Cancer
Head/Neck Cancer
Colon Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Breast Cancer
Brain Cancer
Bladder Cancer 13
23
63
11
46
23
18
38
8
58
37
5
2
41
22
47
6
58
49
12
37
20
21
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New Medicines in Development for Cancer
B L A D D E R C A N C E R
Product Name Company Indication Development Status
9-aminocampto- National Cancer Institute (see also breast, leukemia, lung, Phase II
thecin (9-AC) Bethesda, MD lymphoma, ovarian, stomach) N C I T R I A L
IDEC Pharmaceuticals
San Diego, CA
adenoviral p53 Introgen Therapeutics (see also brain, breast, liver, Phase I
Austin, TX ovarian, prostate)
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
Collegeville, PA
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
ATRAGEN® Aronex Pharmaceuticals (see also kidney, leukemia, Phase I/II
tretinoin The Woodlands, TX lymphoma, prostate, skin)
BCI Immune Intracel Phase III
Activator Rockville, MD
modified keyhole
limpet
hemocyanin (KLH)
BUDR National Cancer Institute (see also cervical, head/neck) Phase II
Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
Neopharm
Lake Forest, IL
C225, anti-EGFR Imclone Systems (see also breast, colon, head/neck, Phase I/II
chimeric MAb Somerville, NJ kidney, lung, ovarian, pancreatic,
prostate, other)
Cotara Techniclone anaplastic astrocytoma, malignant Phase II
TNT-tumor Tustin, CA glioblastoma, newly formed brain
necrosis therapy cancer
eflornithine ILEX Oncology superficial bladder cancer Phase III
(DFMO) San Antonio, TX
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
Gemzar® Eli Lilly (see also breast) Phase III
gemcitabine Indianapolis, IN
Levulan® PD DUSA Pharmaceuticals enhanced detection of bladder Phase I/II
Valhalla, NY cancer
(see also skin)
pyrazoloacridine National Cancer Institute (see also breast, cervical, lung, ovarian, Phase II
Bethesda, MD pancreatic, skin, solid tumors) N C I T R I A L
Radinyl® Roberts Pharmaceutical (see also lung, Phase III
ethanidazole Eatontown, NJ cancer/chemotherapy)
Valstar™ Anthra Pharmaceuticals papillary bladder cancer Phase III
valrubicin Princeton, NJ (see also ovarian)
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B R A I N C A N C E R
Product Name Company Indication Development Status
adenoviral p53 Introgen Therapeutics (see also bladder, breast, liver, Phase I
Austin, TX ovarian, prostate)
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
Collegeville, PA
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
alanosine Triangle Pharmaceuticals glioma Phase II
Durham, NC (see also lung)
allogeneic glioma The Immune Response newly diagnosed glioblastoma Phase I
cancer vaccine Corporation multiforme or anaplastic
Carlsbad, CA astrocytoma
Camptogen SuperGen (see also breast, cervical, colon, Phase II
rubitecan San Ramon, CA head/neck, leukemia, liver, lung,
(RFS 2000, 9-nitro- lymphoma, ovarian, pancreatic,
camptothecin) prostate, skin, stomach, other)
chemotherapy- Genetix Pharmaceuticals (see also breast, ovarian, other) Phase I/II
resistant bone Cambridge, MA
marrow MDR gene
CI-980 National Cancer Institute (see also leukemia, lung) Phase I/II
Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
Warner-Lambert
Morris Plains, NJ
gallium nitrate National Cancer Institute (see also lymphoma) Phase II
Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
Gliadel Wafer Guilford Pharmaceuticals primary malignant glioma Phase III
polifeprosen Baltimore, MD at initial surgery
carmustine Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
Collegeville, PA
IUDR National Cancer Institute Phase I
Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
Neopharm
Lake Forest, IL
IV hydroxyurea National Cancer Institute Phase II
Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Princeton, NJ
mitalactol Biopharmaceutics (see also cervical) Phase III
Bellport, NY
NBI-3001 Neurocrine Biosciences recurrent glioblastoma Phase I
(interleukin-4 San Diego, CA
pseudomonas
exotoxin)
Neu-Sensamide™ OXiGENE glioblastoma Phase II
New York, NY (see also lung)
phenylacetate National Cancer Institute Phase II
Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
Elan Pharmaceuticals
S. San Francisco, CA
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B R A I N C A N C E R
Product Name Company Indication Development Status
phenylbutyrate National Cancer Institute (see also colon, leukemia, Phase I/II
Bethesda, MD lymphoma) N C I T R I A L
Elan Pharmaceuticals
S. San Francisco, CA
RMP-7™ Alkermes in patients with brain tumors to Phase III
Cambridge, MA permeabilize the blood-brain barrier
(in combination with carboplatin)
RSR13 Allos Therapeutics brain metastases, glioblastoma Phase II
Denver, CO multiforme
(see also lung)
SU101 SUGEN malignant glioma Phase III
S. San Francisco, CA (see also lung, ovarian, prostate)
Temodal Schering-Plough anaplastic astrocytoma, application submitted
temozolomide Madison, NJ glioblastoma multiforme
(see also skin, solid tumors)
temozolomide National Cancer Institute (see also lymphoma) Phase II
Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
Thalomid™ National Cancer Institute glioblastoma Phase II
thalidomide Bethesda, MD (see also breast, prostate, skin) N C I T R I A L
Celgene
Warren, NJ
trans-retinoic acid National Cancer Institute (see also head/neck, leukemia, Phase II
Bethesda, MD prostate, skin) N C I T R I A L
Xerecept™ Neurobiological reduction of brain edema Phase II
corticotropin- Technologies associated with brain tumors
releasing factor Richmond, CA (peritumoral brain edema)
(CRF)
B R E A S T C A N C E R
Product Name Company Indication Development Status
2B1 bispecific National Cancer Institute (see also solid tumors) Phase II
murine MAb Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
776C85 Glaxo Wellcome refractory breast cancer Phase II
5-fluorouracil (FU) Rsch. Triangle Park, NC (see also colon, pancreatic)
enhancer
9-aminocampto- National Cancer Institute (see also bladder, leukemia, lung, Phase II
thecin (9-AC) Bethesda, MD lymphoma, ovarian, stomach) N C I T R I A L
IDEC Pharmaceuticals
San Diego, CA
9-cis-retinoic National Cancer Institute (see also skin) Phase I/II
acid Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
adenoviral p53 Introgen Therapeutics (see also bladder, brain, liver, Phase I
Austin, TX ovarian, prostate)
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
Collegeville, PA
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
Annamycin Aronex Pharmaceuticals refractory breast cancer Phase I/II
anthracycline The Woodlands, TX
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B R E A S T C A N C E R
Product Name Company Indication Development Status
APC 8024 Dendreon Phase I
Seattle, WA
Arimidex® Zeneca Pharmaceuticals first-line and adjuvant treatment Phase III
Wilmington, DE
Aromasin Pharmacia & Upjohn Phase III/
exemestane Bridgewater, NJ application submitted
(aromatase inhibitor)
BIBH 1 Boehringer Ingelheim (see also colon, head/neck, lung) Phase I
Pharmaceuticals
Ridgefield, CT
BMS-217380 Bristol-Myers Squibb (see also prostate) Phase III
(tesmilifene Princeton, NJ
hydrochloride)
Bondronate Hoffmann-La Roche Phase II/III
ibandronate Nutley, NJ
BP16 vaccine Biomira Phase I
Edmonton, Alberta
C225, anti-EGFR Imclone Systems (see also bladder, colon, head/neck, Phase I/II
chimeric MAb Somerville, NJ kidney, lung, ovarian, pancreatic,
prostate, other)
Camptogen SuperGen (see also brain, cervical, colon, Phase II
rubitecan San Ramon, CA head/neck, leukemia, liver, lung,
(RFS 2000, 9-nitro- lymphoma, ovarian, pancreatic,
camptothecin) prostate, skin, stomach, other)
carcinoembryonic National Cancer Institute (see also lung, stomach) Phase I
antigen peptide-1 Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
vaccine
CCI 779 Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories (see also colon, pancreatic) Phase I
Philadelphia, PA
CEA-Scan® Immunomedics (see also lung) Phase II
Morris Plains, NJ
chemotherapy- Genetix Pharmaceuticals advanced breast cancer Phase I/II
resistant bone Cambridge, MA (see also brain, ovarian, other)
marrow MDR gene
dolastatin 10 National Cancer Institute advanced breast cancer Phase I
Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
DOXIL®/Caelyx ALZA (see also ovarian) Phase II/III
doxorubicin HCl Palo Alto, CA
Stealth® liposome Schering-Plough
injection Madison, NJ
E/A lipid complex Targeted Genetics (see also ovarian, solid tumors) Phase I
Seattle, WA
emitefur Otsuka America refractory breast cancer Phase I/II
Pharmaceutical (see also colon, pancreatic)
Rockville, MD
ERA 923 Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Phase I
(tissue-selective Philadelphia, PA
estrogen)
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B R E A S T C A N C E R
Product Name Company Indication Development Status
Ethyol® U.S. Bioscience chemotherapy and radiation therapy Phase II/III
amifostine W. Conshohocken, PA protective agent to reduce toxicity
(see also head/neck, lymphoma, skin)
EVACET™ The Liposome Company metastatic breast cancer application submitted
liposomal Princeton, NJ
doxorubicin
Evista® Eli Lilly breast cancer prevention Phase III
raloxifene Indianapolis, IN
Exisuland Cell Pathways prevention of recurrence of breast Phase II/III
W. Conshohocken, PA cancer
(see also colon, lung, prostate, other)
Faslodex® Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Phase III
Wilmington, DE
Femara Novartis Pharmaceuticals Phase III
letrozole East Hanover, NJ
fenretinide National Cancer Institute (see also solid tumors) in clinical trials
Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
R.W. Johnson Pharma-
ceutical Research Institute
Raritan, NJ
G3139 Genta (see also colon, lung, lymphoma, Phase I/II
(phosphorothioate Lexington, MA prostate, skin)
antisense oligonuc-
leotide)
Gemzar® Eli Lilly (see also bladder) Phase III
gemcitabine Indianapolis, IN
HER-2/neu National Cancer Institute (see also colon, ovarian, prostate) Phase I
peptide vaccine Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
Hexalen® U.S. Bioscience (see also leukemia, lung, lymphoma, Phase II
altretamine W. Conshohocken, PA ovarian)
idoxifene SmithKline Beecham Phase II
Philadelphia, PA
Incel™ Vertex Pharmaceuticals (see also lung, ovarian, Phase II
bricodar dicitrate Cambridge, MA prostate, sarcoma)
(multi-drug
resistance inhibitor)
MAb antibody 3A1 National Cancer Institute Phase I
Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
MAb CC-49 National Cancer Institute (see also lung, ovarian) Phase I
(LU-177) Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
(Y-90) Dow Chemical
Midland, MI
MDR-1 transduced National Cancer Institute Phase I
bone marrow cells Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
MDX-H210 Medarex (see also colon, kidney, Phase I
Annandale, NJ ovarian, prostate)
MGI 114 MGI PHARMA (see also colon, kidney, lung, Phase II
6-hydroxymethyl- Minnetonka, MN ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, other)
acylfulvene
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B R E A S T C A N C E R
Product Name Company Indication Development Status
multitargeted Eli Lilly (see also colon, lung) Phase III
antifolate Indianapolis, IN
Neutrexin™ U.S. Bioscience (see also colon, lung, prostate, Phase II
trimetrexate W. Conshohocken, PA stomach)
glucuronate
Novantrone® Immunex metastatic breast cancer Phase II/III
mitoxantrone Seattle, WA (see also lymphoma, ovarian)
Oncolar Novartis Pharmaceuticals Phase III
octreotide pamoate East Hanover, NJ
Ovidrel™ Serono Laboratories Phase II
recombinant Norwell, MA
human chorionic
gonadotropin
p53 and RAS National Cancer Institute (see also head/neck, lung, ovarian, Phase I
vaccine Bethesda, MD pancreatic, solid tumors) N C I T R I A L
Panretin® Capsules Ligand Pharmaceuticals (see also leukemia, ovarian, prostate, Phase III
alitretinoin San Diego, CA skin, other)
(LGD 1057)
perillyl alcohol Endorex (see also ovarian, prostate) Phase II
(POH) Lake Bluff, IL
monoterpenes
pure anti-estrogen Schering-Plough Phase III
Madison, NJ
pyrazoloacridine National Cancer Institute (see also bladder, cervical, lung, Phase II
Bethesda, MD ovarian, pancreatic, skin, N C I T R I A L
solid tumors)
rV-MUC-1 Therion Biologics Phase I
Cambridge, MA
Sandostatin LAR® National Cancer Institute (see also sarcoma) in clinical trials
octreotide Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
pamoate Novartis Pharmaceutical
East Hanover, NJ
SGN-10 Seattle Genetics (see also colon, lung, ovarian, Phase I
BR46 sFvPE40 Seattle, WA pancreatic, prostate)
Targretin® Capsules Ligand Pharmaceuticals (see also head/neck, kidney, lung, Phase III
bexarotene San Diego, CA lymphoma, ovarian, skin)
(LGD 1069)
Thalomid™ National Cancer Institute (see also brain, prostate, skin) Phase II
thalidomide Bethesda, MD N C I T r i a l
Celgene
Warren, NJ
Theratope® Biomira metastatic breast cancer Phase III
therapeutic Edmonton, Alberta (see also colon, ovarian)
vaccine Chiron -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Emeryville, CA in combination with
alpha interferon Phase II
Tirazone Sanofi Pharmaceuticals refractory breast cancer Phase II
tirapazamine New York, NY (see also head/neck, lung, pancreatic)
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B R E A S T C A N C E R
Product Name Company Indication Development Status
TriAb™ Titan Pharmaceuticals metastatic breast cancer Phase II/III
anti-idiotype S. San Francisco, CA
antibody
troxacitabine BioChem Pharma (see also colon, kidney, leukemia, Phase II
Laval, Quebec lung, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate,
CliniChem Development skin)
Montreal, Quebec
vaccinia-CEA National Cancer Institute (see also lung, stomach) Phase I
vaccine (180KD) Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
Therion Biologics
Cambridge, MA
Xeloda® Hoffmann-La Roche (see also colon) Phase III
capecitabine Nutley, NJ
in combination
with Taxol®
C E R V I C A L C A N C E R
Product Name Company Indication Development Status
bryostatin 1 National Cancer Institute (see also kidney, leukemia, Phase I/II
Bethesda, MD lymphoma, multiple myeloma, N C I T R I A L
ovarian, skin)
BUDR National Cancer Institute (see also bladder, head/neck) Phase II
Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
Neopharm
Lake Forest, IL
Camptogen SuperGen (see also brain, breast, colon, Phase II
rubitecan San Ramon, CA head/neck, leukemia, liver, lung,
(RFS 2000, 9-nitro- lymphoma, ovarian, pancreatic,
camptothecin) prostate, skin, stomach, other)
HPV16 E6 and E7 National Cancer Institute Phase I
peptide vaccine Bethesda, MD
HPV E7 lipopep- National Cancer Institute Phase I
tide vaccine Bethesda, MD N C I T R I A L
HspE7 StressGen Biotechnologies cervical dysplasia (CIN II/III) Phase I
(SGN-00101) Victoria, British Columbia
interleukin-12 National Cancer Institute (see also lymphoma, multiple Phase I/II
Bethesda, MD myeloma, ovarian, skin) N C I T R I A L
Genetics Institute
Cambridge, MA
LGD 1550 Ligand Pharmaceuticals (see also head/neck) Phase II
San Diego, CA
MEDI-501 MedImmune prevention of cervical cancer in clinical trials
HPV-11 vaccine Gaithersburg, MD
SmithKline Beecham
Philadelphia, PA
mitalactol Biopharmaceutics (see also brain) Phase III
Bellport, NY
pyrazoloacridine National Cancer Institute (see also bladder, breast, lung, Phase II
Bethesda, MD ovarian, pancreatic, skin, N C I T R I A L
solid tumors)
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C O L O N C A N C E R
Product Name Company Indication Development Status
776C85 Glaxo Wellcome colorectal cancer Phase II
5-fluorouracil (FU) Rsch. Triangle Park, NC (see also breast, pancreatic)
enhancer
8C1.cAMP ICN Pharmaceuticals Phase I
Costa Mesa, CA
allogeneic colon The Immune Response metastatic colorectal cancer Phase I