Who are 5-Flurouracil's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): Xeloda, Fudr, Folic Acid, FLOX, 5-Fluorouracile, Anlotinib plus Pemetrexed.

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5-Flurouracil — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Name: Drug Landscape Pharmaceutical Database
Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

5-Flurouracil (5-Flurouracil) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Antimetabolite. Area: Oncology.

phase 3 Antimetabolite Thymidylate synthase Oncology Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

5-Flurouracil (5-Flurouracil) — Janssen Research & Development, LLC. 5-Fluorouracil is a pyrimidine analog that inhibits thymidylate synthase and gets incorporated into RNA and DNA, disrupting nucleotide synthesis and causing cell death.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
5-Flurouracil TARGET	5-Flurouracil	Janssen Research & Development, LLC	phase 3	Antimetabolite	Thymidylate synthase
Xeloda	capecitabine	Cheplapharm	marketed	Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor [EPC]	Thymidylate synthase	1998-01-01
Fudr	FLOXURIDINE		marketed	Antimetabolite [EPC]	Thymidylate synthase	1970-01-01
Folic Acid	FOLIC ACID	Pfizer	marketed	Vitamin C [EPC]	Thymidylate synthase	1946-01-01
FLOX	FLOX	Hospira	marketed		Thymidylate synthase, Thymidylate synthase
5-Fluorouracile	5-Fluorouracile	Groupe Oncologie Radiotherapie Tete et Cou	marketed	Antimetabolite; pyrimidine analog	Thymidylate synthase; RNA and DNA incorporation
Anlotinib plus Pemetrexed	Anlotinib plus Pemetrexed	Henan Provincial People's Hospital	marketed	Multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor plus antifolate antimetabolite	VEGFR, FGFR, RET, c-Kit (anlotinib); thymidylate synthase, DHFR, GARFT (pemetrexed)

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

No regulatory actions in the last 90 days for this set.

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

No PDUFA dates in the next 180 days for this set.

Patent timeline (forward window)

No upcoming patent expiries for this set.

Sponsor landscape (Antimetabolite class)

Grupo Espanol Multidisciplinario del Cancer Digestivo · 2 drugs in this class
NRG Oncology · 2 drugs in this class
Bristol-Myers Squibb · 1 drug in this class
EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc. · 1 drug in this class
GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group · 1 drug in this class
Hoffmann-La Roche · 1 drug in this class
Centre Oscar Lambret · 1 drug in this class
Iwate Medical University · 1 drug in this class
Janssen Research & Development, LLC · 1 drug in this class
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh · 1 drug in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). 5-Flurouracil — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/5-flurouracil. Accessed 2026-06-10.

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