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LV5FU2 or capectitabine — Competitive Intelligence Brief

LV5FU2 or capectitabine (LV5FU2 or capectitabine) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Fluoropyrimidine antimetabolite. Area: Oncology.

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

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)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / 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)

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 (Fluoropyrimidine antimetabolite class)

  1. Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive · 2 drugs in this class
  2. National Cancer Center, Korea · 2 drugs in this class
  3. Hoffmann-La Roche · 1 drug in this class
  4. Japan Clinical Oncology Group · 1 drug in this class
  5. Jiangxi Provincial Cancer Hospital · 1 drug in this class
  6. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia · 1 drug in this class
  7. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University · 1 drug in this class
  8. Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · 1 drug in this class
  9. The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology · 1 drug in this class
  10. UNICANCER · 1 drug in this class

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Cite this brief

Drug Landscape (2026). LV5FU2 or capectitabine — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/lv5fu2-or-capectitabine. Accessed 2026-06-10.

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