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Biological Activity:
Second generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that irreversibly inhibits human epidermal receptor 2 (Her2 or ErbB 2) and EGFR (HER1) kinases. An investigational drug for breast cancer as well as other EGFR and Her2 driven cancers such as NSCLC and Head-and-Neck.
References: online 1 2
N Minkovsky and A Berezov. BIBW-2992, a dual receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of solid tumors. Curr. Opin. Investig. Drugs 2008, 9(12), 1336–46. [online]
D Li et al. BIBW2992, an irreversible EGFR/HER2 inhibitor highly effective in preclinical lung cancer models. Oncogene 2008, 27, 4702–4711. [online]
C Campas et al. BIBW-2992. Dual EGFR/HER2 inhibitor, oncolytic. Drugs Fut. 2008, 33(8), 649. [online]
Chemical Name: N-[4-[(3-Chloro-4-fluorophenyl)amino]-7-[[(3''S'')-tetrahydro-3-furanyl]oxy]-6-quinazolinyl]-4(dimethylamino)-2-butenamide
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