ARIAD Pharmaceuticals

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was an American oncology company, now part of Takeda Oncology, which was founded in 1991 by Harvey J. Berger, M.D. and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ARIAD engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of medicines for cancer patients.

ARIAD’s most prominent drug discoveries include Iclusig, designed for patients with all forms of Philadelphia chromosome-positive [Ph+] chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) or Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who are resistant to or unable to tolerate other tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and brigatinib, a lung cancer drug which has completed its registration trial in ALK fusion driven non-small cell lung cancer as of June 2016 and was approved in the U.S. in April 2017.

In January 2017, Takeda announced it would acquire ARIAD for $5.2 billion, expanding the company's oncology and hematology business. On February 16, 2017, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. announced it had completed its acquisition of ARIAD and incorporated ARIAD into Takeda Oncology.[3]

Company history

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1991 in Cambridge

Products

revenue	US$118.8 million (2015) ‡R1R‡

operating income	US$−217.27 million (2015) ‡R1R‡

net income	US$−231.16 million (2015) ‡R1R‡

assets	US$546.69 million (2015) ‡R1R‡

num employees	380 (2016)‡R2R‡

homepage	http://ariad.com/

FDA-approved products

Ponatinib (Iclusig)

ARIAD developed Ponatinib (Iclusig), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive [Ph+] chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.[15] On December 14, 2012 the FDA approved ARIAD's leukemia drug Ponatinib for patients with all forms of Ph+ CML or Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who are resistant to or unable to tolerate other tyrosine kinase inhibitors.[16] The drug was temporarily withdrawn from the U.S. market in November 2013[17] because of the risk of blood clots and severe narrowing of blood vessels.[18] Ponatinib was returned to the market in the U.S. on December 20, 2013 with revised prescribing information, new warnings and a REMS. ARIAD had set up an emergency-access program for Ponatinib, which provided drugs to patients in need during this six-week period.[19] Ponatinib remained on the market in all European countries and was subsequently approved in Japan.

Brigatinib (Alunbrig)

ARIAD’s product pipeline includes brigatinib, an inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase [ALK] for treating ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer. This drug reported results of its registration trial at ASCO, June 6, 2016, with encouraging results, leading to approval in the U.S. in April 2017.[20][21] Brigatinib was designated a Breakthrough Medicine by the FDA.[22]

Ridaforolimus (formerly Deforolimus, partnered with Medinol)

Ridaforolimus is an mTOR inhibitor being developed by Medinol Ltd for use in drug-eluting stents for patients with coronary artery disease.[23] Medinol has completed two registrational trials in patients with coronary artery disease, which met its primary and secondary endpoints.[23][24]

In October 2017, Medinol’s EluNIR drug eluting stent, coated with ridaforolimus, received CE Mark in Europe.[24] In November 2017, it was approved for marketing in the U.S. by the FDA.[25]

Ponatinib (Iclusig)

Brigatinib (Alunbrig)

Ridaforolimus (formerly Deforolimus, partnered with Medinol)

In October 2017, Medinol’s EluNIR drug eluting stent, coated with ridaforolimus, received CE Mark in Europe.[24] In November 2017, it was approved for marketing in the U.S. by the FDA.[25]

Products under development

Various company-sponsored and investigator-sponsored trials are ongoing in several indications, including first line and second line CML, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCR-ABL), acute myeloid leukemia (FLT3 inhibitor), non-small cell lung cancer (RET, FGFR), advanced biliary cancer with FGFR2 fusions and other cancers with activating mutations involving the following genes: FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, FGFR4, RET, and KIT.[26]

Rimiducid

Rimiducid is an investigational chemical dimerizer being developed by partner, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals and is in Phase 3 clinical trials.[27][28]

AP32788

AP32788 is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor of solid tumors with EGFR and HER2 activating mutation and began Phase 1/2 testing in the second quarter of 2016.

Rimiducid

Rimiducid is an investigational chemical dimerizer being developed by partner, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals and is in Phase 3 clinical trials.[27][28]

AP32788

AP32788 is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor of solid tumors with EGFR and HER2 activating mutation and began Phase 1/2 testing in the second quarter of 2016.[29]

products
type	Public
fate	Merged with Takeda Pharmaceuticals
foundation	1991
founder	Harvey Berger
defunct	2017
location	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
key people	Harvey Berger (chairman, and CEO Emeritus) Alex Denner (chairman of the board) Timothy P. Clackson (president of Research and Development and CSO) Ed Fitzgerald (former CFO) Marty Duvall (former CCO)
industry	Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals

Company history

Products

FDA-approved products

Ponatinib (Iclusig)

Brigatinib (Alunbrig)

Ridaforolimus (formerly Deforolimus, partnered with Medinol)

Ponatinib (Iclusig)

Brigatinib (Alunbrig)

Ridaforolimus (formerly Deforolimus, partnered with Medinol)

Products under development

Rimiducid

AP32788

Rimiducid

AP32788

See also

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