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                                                                Synonyms: Example 6 [WO2014169843]
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                luvometinib is an approved drug 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: The chemical structure for luvometinib was obtained from WHO proposed INN list 131 (August 2024). The INN document records luvometinib as a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) inhibitor and antineoplastic agent. It is one of the compounds claimed in patent WO2014169843A1 (Fochon Pharmaceutical) [4]. Fochon Pharmaceutical have one MEK inhibitor in their declared development pipeline, FCN-159. Published information about FCN-159 indicates that it is an orally available MEK1/2 inhibitor lead for the treament of BRAF- or RAS-driven tumours [2-3]. Inhibition of MEK1/2 disrupts downstream MAPK signalling that is activated by upstream mutant RAF/RAS enzymes in malignancies.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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Summary of Clinical Use ![]()  | 
                                                        
| Luvometinib was granted first approval by the Chinese NMPA, in May 2025 [1]. This authorises luvometinib to treat neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) paediatric patients (aged ≥2 years) with unresectable, symptomatic plexiform neurofibromas. |