2023 | May / June 2023

Pirtobrutinib

by cyb2025

RODRIGO SOUZA
Biocatalysis and Organic Synthesis Group, Chemistry Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazils

Pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca) is a non-covalent (reversible) Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor developed by Eli Lilly indicated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) after at least two lines of systemic therapy, including a BTK inhibitor.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rodrigo Souza – Since I started my independent career, I have pursuit the development of new technologies to guide research by innovative ideas. We have been working at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro on the establishment of continuous flow technology for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) synthesis in Brazil, showing that is possible to reduce costs on production allowing the reduction of the final price of the medicine.

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