vemurafenib

English

Etymology

From V600E mutated BRAF inhibition.

Noun

vemurafenib (uncountable)

1. A drug for the treatment of late-stage melanoma.
   • 2015 June 12, Ildar Akhmetov et al., “Market Access Advancements and Challenges in “Drug-Companion Diagnostic Test” Co-Development in Europe”, in Journal of Personalized Medicine‎^[1], volume 5, →DOI:

     This prompted numerous novel targeted cancer medicines guided by a CDx assay to seek the approval of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA), including cetuximab, crizotinib, vemurafenib etc.