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Arranon — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Arranon (NELARABINE) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor [EPC]. Area: Oncology.

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Target snapshot

Arranon (NELARABINE) — Novartis. Arranon works by inhibiting the enzyme responsible for converting nucleosides into their active forms, thereby preventing DNA synthesis in cancer cells.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
Arranon TARGET NELARABINE Novartis marketed Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor [EPC] 2005-01-01
CEDAZURIDINE CEDAZURIDINE marketed Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor [EPC] DNA methyltransferase 2020-01-01
Inqovi Inqovi Otsuka marketed Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor [EPC] Cytidine deaminase 2020-01-01
Dacogen decitabine Sun Pharma marketed Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor [EPC] DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 1 2006-01-01
Vidaza azacitidine Bristol-Myers Squibb marketed Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor [EPC] DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 1 2004-01-01
AZACITIDINE AZACITIDINE marketed Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor [EPC] 2004-01-01
Clolar CLOFARABINE Sanofi marketed Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor [EPC] Ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase large subunit 2004-01-01

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)

Sponsor landscape (Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor [EPC] class)

  1. · 4 drugs in this class
  2. Bristol-Myers Squibb · 1 drug in this class
  3. Cheplapharm · 1 drug in this class
  4. Extrovis · 1 drug in this class
  5. Hospira Inc · 1 drug in this class
  6. Novartis · 1 drug in this class
  7. Otsuka · 1 drug in this class
  8. Pfizer Inc. · 1 drug in this class
  9. Sanofi · 1 drug in this class
  10. Sun Pharma · 1 drug in this class

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Cite this brief

Drug Landscape (2026). Arranon — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/nelarabine. Accessed 2026-05-13.

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