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Ibrutinib
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| - | Ibrutinib, sold under the brand name Imbruvica among others, is a small molecule drug that inhibits B-cell proliferation and survival by irreversibly binding the protein Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). Blocking BTK inhibits the B-cell receptor pathway, which is often aberrantly active in B cell cancers. Ibrutinib is therefore used to treat such cancers, including mantle cell lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.<ref name="a5">[https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=0dfd0279-ff17-4ea9-89be-9803c71bab44 "Imbruvica- ibrutinib capsule Imbruvica- ibrutinib tablet, film coated".] DailyMed. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.</ref><ref name="a6">[https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/imbruvica "Imbruvica EPAR".] European Medicines Agency (EMA). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.</ref> See also [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrutinib Ibrutinib]. | + | Ibrutinib, sold under the brand name Imbruvica among others, is a small molecule drug that inhibits B-cell proliferation and survival by irreversibly binding the protein Bruton's [[tyrosine kinase]] (BTK). Blocking BTK inhibits the B-cell receptor pathway, which is often aberrantly active in B cell cancers. Ibrutinib is therefore used to treat such cancers, including mantle cell lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.<ref name="a5">[https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=0dfd0279-ff17-4ea9-89be-9803c71bab44 "Imbruvica- ibrutinib capsule Imbruvica- ibrutinib tablet, film coated".] DailyMed. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.</ref><ref name="a6">[https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/imbruvica "Imbruvica EPAR".] European Medicines Agency (EMA). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.</ref> See also [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrutinib Ibrutinib]. |
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References
- ↑ "Imbruvica- ibrutinib capsule Imbruvica- ibrutinib tablet, film coated". DailyMed. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ "Imbruvica EPAR". European Medicines Agency (EMA). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
