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LV5FU2 or capectitabine — Competitive Intelligence Brief
phase 3
Fluoropyrimidine antimetabolite
Thymidylate synthase
Oncology
Small molecule
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Target snapshot
LV5FU2 or capectitabine (LV5FU2 or capectitabine) — Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive. LV5FU2 and capecitabine are fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy agents that inhibit thymidylate synthase and get incorporated into DNA/RNA to disrupt cancer cell replication.
Comparator set (6 drugs)
| Drug | Generic | Sponsor | Phase | Class | Target | Approval / PDUFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LV5FU2 or capectitabine TARGET | LV5FU2 or capectitabine | Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive | phase 3 | Fluoropyrimidine 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 |
| Folferi and celecoxib | Folferi and celecoxib | Sherief Abd-Elsalam | marketed | Chemotherapy combination with COX-2 inhibitor | Topoisomerase I (irinotecan), thymidylate synthase (fluorouracil), COX-2 | |
| oxaliplatin plus capecitabine | oxaliplatin plus capecitabine | LiNing | marketed | Platinum-based chemotherapy combination | DNA (oxaliplatin); thymidylate synthase (capecitabine/5-FU) | |
| chemotherapy of mFOLFOX6 or FOLFIRI | chemotherapy of mFOLFOX6 or FOLFIRI | Xu jianmin | marketed | Combination chemotherapy regimen | Thymidylate synthase (5-FU), DNA topoisomerase I (irinotecan), DNA (oxaliplatin) |
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Sponsor landscape (Fluoropyrimidine antimetabolite class)
- Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive · 2 drugs in this class
- National Cancer Center, Korea · 2 drugs in this class
- Hoffmann-La Roche · 1 drug in this class
- Japan Clinical Oncology Group · 1 drug in this class
- Jiangxi Provincial Cancer Hospital · 1 drug in this class
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia · 1 drug in this class
- Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University · 1 drug in this class
- Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · 1 drug in this class
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology · 1 drug in this class
- UNICANCER · 1 drug in this class
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Drug Landscape (2026). LV5FU2 or capectitabine — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/lv5fu2-or-capectitabine. Accessed 2026-06-10.
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