Vemurafenib is a competitive kinase inhibitor with activity against BRAF kinase with mutations like V600E. It exerts its function by binding to the ATP-binding domain of the mutant BRAF. Vemurafenib was co-developed by Roche and Plexxikon and it obtained its FDA approval on August 17, 2011, under the company Hoffmann La Roche. After approval, Roche in collab...
Vemurafenib is approved since 2011 for the treatment of metastatic melanoma with a mutation on BRAF in the valine located in the exon 15 at codon 600, this mutation is denominated as V600E. The V600E mutation, a substitution of glutamic acid for valine, accounts for 54% of the cases of cutaneous melanoma.
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HonorHealth Research Institute, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Mother and Child Institute, Warsaw, Mazovian, Poland
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
I.R.S.T. Srl Irccs, Meldola, Italy
Ospedale Classificato Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy
I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Oncologico Veneto, Padova, Italy
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities), Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (All protocol activities), New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited protocol activities), Rockville Centre, New York, United States
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States
First Affiliated Hospital, Medicine School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, Beijing, China
Henan Province Oncology Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
Univ of Alabama at Birmingham; UAB Comprehensive Cancer Ctr, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
HonorHealth Research Institute - Pima - Virginia G. Piper Cancer Care Network, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
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