Who are Amrubicin hydrocloride's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): Idamycin Pfs, Idamycin Pfs, Idamycin Pfs, Cipro, Amekrin, DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE.

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Last reviewed 2026-05-16 · How we verify

Amrubicin hydrocloride — Competitive Intelligence Brief

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

Amrubicin hydrocloride (Amrubicin hydrocloride) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Topoisomerase II inhibitor; anthracycline. Area: Oncology.

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Target snapshot

Amrubicin hydrocloride (Amrubicin hydrocloride) — Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.. Amrubicin is a topoisomerase II inhibitor that intercalates into DNA and prevents the religation of DNA strands, leading to cell death.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
Amrubicin hydrocloride TARGET	Amrubicin hydrocloride	Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.	phase 3	Topoisomerase II inhibitor; anthracycline	Topoisomerase II
Idamycin Pfs	Idarubicin Hydrochloride	Pfizer Inc.	marketed	Anthracycline topoisomerase inhibitor	DNA, Topoisomerase II	1990-01-01
Idamycin Pfs	Idarubicin Hydrochloride	Pfizer Inc.	marketed	Anthracycline topoisomerase inhibitor	DNA, Topoisomerase II	1990-01-01
Idamycin Pfs	IDARUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE		marketed	Anthracycline Topoisomerase Inhibitor	DNA, topoisomerase II	1990-01-01
Cipro	ciprofloxacin	Bayer AG	marketed	Fluoroquinolone antibiotic	DNA topoisomerase II, DNA gyrase subunit A, DNA gyrase subunit A	1987-10-22
Amekrin	AMSACRINE		marketed	amsacrine	DNA topoisomerase 2-beta, Solute carrier family 22 member 1, DNA topoisomerase II	1987-01-01
DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE	DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE		marketed		topoisomerase II	1974-01-01

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)

2029-04-21 — Cipro · 11369566 · Formulation · US
2029-04-21 — Cipro · 9603796 · Compound · US
2029-04-21 — Cipro · 9205048 · Method of Use · US
2029-12-11 — Cipro · 9233068 · Formulation · US
2030-04-27 — Cipro · 8318817 · Method of Use · US
2035-07-01 — Cipro · 9220796 · Formulation · US
2037-11-12 — Cipro · 11040004 · Method of Use · US
2038-11-27 — Cipro · 11246863 · Formulation · US

Sponsor landscape (Topoisomerase II inhibitor; anthracycline class)

Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. · 1 drug in this class

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