Who are Cytarabine (Ara-C)'s main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): LoDAC (Low Dose Cytarabine), HIDAC (high dose cytarabine), BICTEGRAVIR SODIUM, Pifeltro, Biktarvy, Lonsurf.

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Cytarabine (Ara-C) — Competitive Intelligence Brief

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

Cytarabine (Ara-C) (Cytarabine (Ara-C)) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Nucleoside analog; antimetabolite. Area: Oncology.

phase 3 Nucleoside analog; antimetabolite DNA polymerase; thymidylate synthase Oncology Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Cytarabine (Ara-C) (Cytarabine (Ara-C)) — Kura Oncology, Inc.. Cytarabine is a nucleoside analog that inhibits DNA synthesis by being incorporated into DNA, leading to chain termination and cell death, particularly affecting rapidly dividing cells.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
Cytarabine (Ara-C) TARGET	Cytarabine (Ara-C)	Kura Oncology, Inc.	phase 3	Nucleoside analog; antimetabolite	DNA polymerase; thymidylate synthase
LoDAC (Low Dose Cytarabine)	LoDAC (Low Dose Cytarabine)	Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.	phase 3	Nucleoside analog; antimetabolite	DNA polymerase; thymidylate synthase
HIDAC (high dose cytarabine)	HIDAC (high dose cytarabine)	Pfizer	phase 3	Nucleoside analog; antimetabolite	DNA polymerase; thymidylate synthase
BICTEGRAVIR SODIUM	BICTEGRAVIR SODIUM		marketed	Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC]		2018-01-01
Pifeltro	DORAVIRINE	Merck & Co.	marketed	Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Non-Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC]		2018-01-01
Biktarvy	BICTEGRAVIR	Gilead Sciences	marketed	Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor [EPC]		2018-01-01
Lonsurf	TIPIRACIL	Taiho Oncology Inc	marketed	Nucleoside Analog Antiviral [EPC]	Thymidine phosphorylase	2015-01-01

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)

2029-09-22 — Lonsurf · RE46284 · US
2032-08-15 — Biktarvy · 8754065 · US
2032-08-15 — Biktarvy · 9296769 · US
2033-02-15 — Biktarvy · 8754065*PED · US
2033-02-15 — Biktarvy · 9296769*PED · US
2033-12-19 — Biktarvy · 9216996 · US
2033-12-19 — Biktarvy · 9732092 · US
2034-06-17 — Lonsurf · 10457666 · US
2034-06-17 — Lonsurf · 9527833 · US
2034-09-05 — Lonsurf · 9943537 · US
2035-06-19 — Biktarvy · 9708342 · US
2035-06-19 — Biktarvy · 10385067 · US
2036-11-08 — Biktarvy · 10548846 · US
2037-02-03 — Lonsurf · 10960004 · US
2037-02-03 — Lonsurf · 10456399 · US

Sponsor landscape (Nucleoside analog; antimetabolite class)

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · 1 drug in this class
Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc. · 1 drug in this class
AstraZeneca · 1 drug in this class
Celgene · 1 drug in this class
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon · 1 drug in this class
Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. · 1 drug in this class
Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Nanjing Shunxin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · 1 drug in this class
Eisai Inc. · 1 drug in this class
Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto · 1 drug in this class
Jiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · 1 drug in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). Cytarabine (Ara-C) — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/cytarabine-ara-c. Accessed 2026-05-17.

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