Who are Fluorouracil 0.5%'s main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): 5-fluoro-uracil, 5-Fluorouracile, 5-Fluouracil.

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Last reviewed 2026-06-10 · How we verify

Fluorouracil 0.5% — Competitive Intelligence Brief

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

Fluorouracil 0.5% (Fluorouracil 0.5%) competitive landscape: 3 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Antimetabolite, pyrimidine analog. Area: Oncology; Dermatology.

marketed Antimetabolite, pyrimidine analog Thymidylate synthase; RNA and DNA incorporation Oncology; Dermatology Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Fluorouracil 0.5% (Fluorouracil 0.5%) — Wake Forest University. Fluorouracil is a pyrimidine antimetabolite that inhibits thymidylate synthase and gets incorporated into RNA and DNA, disrupting nucleotide synthesis and cell division.

Comparator set (3 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target
Fluorouracil 0.5% TARGET	Fluorouracil 0.5%	Wake Forest University	marketed	Antimetabolite, pyrimidine analog	Thymidylate synthase; RNA and DNA incorporation
5-fluoro-uracil	5-fluoro-uracil	UNICANCER	marketed	Antimetabolite	Thymidylate synthase; RNA and DNA incorporation
5-Fluorouracile	5-Fluorouracile	Groupe Oncologie Radiotherapie Tete et Cou	marketed	Antimetabolite; pyrimidine analog	Thymidylate synthase; RNA and DNA incorporation
5-Fluouracil	5-Fluouracil	Hoffmann-La Roche	marketed	Antimetabolite	Thymidylate synthase; RNA and DNA incorporation

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

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Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

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Patent timeline (forward window)

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Sponsor landscape (Antimetabolite, pyrimidine analog class)

Wake Forest University · 1 drug in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). Fluorouracil 0.5% — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/fluorouracil-0-5. Accessed 2026-06-10.

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