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Generic Nerlynx Availability

Last updated on Nov 7, 2023.

Nerlynx is a brand name of neratinib, approved by the FDA in the following formulation(s):

NERLYNX (neratinib maleate - tablet;oral)

  • Manufacturer: PUMA BIOTECH
    Approval date: July 17, 2017
    Strength(s): EQ 40MG BASE [RLD]

Has a generic version of Nerlynx been approved?

No. There is currently no therapeutically equivalent version of Nerlynx available in the United States.

Note: Fraudulent online pharmacies may attempt to sell an illegal generic version of Nerlynx. These medications may be counterfeit and potentially unsafe. If you purchase medications online, be sure you are buying from a reputable and valid online pharmacy. Ask your health care provider for advice if you are unsure about the online purchase of any medication.

See also: Generic Drug FAQ.

Related patents

Patents are granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at any time during a drug's development and may include a wide range of claims.

  • Maleate salts of (E)-N-{4[3-chloro-4-(2-pyridinylmethoxy)anilino]-3-cyano-7-ethoxy-6-quinolinyl}-4-(dimethylamino)-2-butenamide and crystalline forms thereof
    Patent 10,035,788
    Issued: July 31, 2018
    Inventor(s): Lu Qinghong & Ku Mannching Sherry & Chew Warren & Cheal Gloria & Hadfield Anthony F. & Mirmehrabi Mahmoud
    Assignee(s): WYETH LLC

    The present invention relates to maleate salt forms of (E)-N-{4-[3-chloro-4-(2-pyridinylmethoxy)anilino]-3-cyano-7-ethoxy-6-quinolinyl}-4-(dimethylamino)-2-butenamide, methods of preparing crystalline maleate salt forms, the associated compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same. The maleate salts are useful in treating cancers, particularly those affected by kinases of the epidermal growth factor receptor family.

    Patent expiration dates:

    • October 15, 2028
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY STAGE HER2-OVEREXPRESSED/AMPLIFIED BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASE THERAPY
    • October 15, 2028
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      Patent use: USE IN COMBINATION WITH CAPECITABINE, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED OR METASTATIC HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER WHO HAVE RECEIVED TWO OR MORE PRIOR ANTI-HER2 BASED REGIMENS IN THE METASTATIC SETTING
    • October 15, 2028
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 (HER2)-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASED THERAPY
  • Patent 7,399,865
    Issued: November 30, -0001

    Patent expiration dates:

    • December 29, 2030
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  • Patent 7,982,043
    Issued: November 30, -0001

    Patent expiration dates:

    • October 8, 2025
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY STAGE HER2-OVEREXPRESSED/AMPLIFIED BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASE THERAPY
    • October 8, 2025
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      Patent use: USE IN COMBINATION WITH CAPECITABINE, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED OR METASTATIC HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER WHO HAVE RECEIVED TWO OR MORE PRIOR ANTI-HER2 BASED REGIMENS IN THE METASTATIC SETTING
    • October 8, 2025
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 (HER2)-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASED THERAPY
  • Coated tablet formulations and uses thereof
    Patent 8,518,446
    Issued: August 27, 2013
    Inventor(s): Ashraf Muhammad & Mahmud Mainuddin & Goolcharran Chimanlall & Ghosh Krishnendu & Nagi Arwinder Singh
    Assignee(s): Wyeth LLC

    The present invention provides coated tablet formulations comprising neratinib maleate, and improved methods for making such coated tablets.

    Patent expiration dates:

    • November 20, 2030
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY STAGE HER2-OVEREXPRESSED/AMPLIFIED BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASE THERAPY
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    • November 20, 2030
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 (HER2)-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASED THERAPY
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    • November 20, 2030
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      Patent use: USE IN COMBINATION WITH CAPECITABINE, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED OR METASTATIC HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER WHO HAVE RECEIVED TWO OR MORE PRIOR ANTI-HER2 BASED REGIMENS IN THE METASTATIC SETTING
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  • Antineoplastic combinations of 4-anilino-3-cyanoquinolines and capecitabine
    Patent 8,669,273
    Issued: March 11, 2014
    Inventor(s): Zacharchuk Charles Michael & Quinn Susan Elizabeth & Wang Kenneth Kuan-Yuen & Binlich Florence Marie Helene
    Assignee(s): Wyeth LLC

    A combination of a 4-anilino-3-cyanoquinoline compound (e.g. HKI-272, SKI-606, EKB-569) and a capecitabine compound in the treatment of a neoplasm is provided. Regimens, kits, and methods for treatment of neoplasm, including breast cancer including metastatic breast cancer, and lung cancer, using this combination, optionally in combination with other anti-neoplastic agents, or immune modulators are also described.

    Patent expiration dates:

    • July 18, 2031
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      Patent use: USE IN COMBINATION WITH CAPECITABINE, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED OR METASTATIC HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER WHO HAVE RECEIVED TWO OR MORE PRIOR ANTI-HER2 BASED REGIMENS IN THE METASTATIC SETTING
  • Coated tablet formulations and uses thereof
    Patent 8,790,708
    Issued: July 29, 2014
    Inventor(s): Ashraf Muhammad & Mahmud Mainuddin & Goolcharran Chimanlall & Ghosh Krishnendu & Nagi Arwinder Singh
    Assignee(s): Wyeth LLC

    The present invention provides coated tablet formulations comprising neratinib maleate, and improved methods for making such coated tablets.

    Patent expiration dates:

    • November 5, 2030
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY STAGE HER2-OVEREXPRESSED/AMPLIFIED BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASE THERAPY
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    • November 5, 2030
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 (HER2)-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASED THERAPY
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    • November 5, 2030
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      Patent use: USE IN COMBINATION WITH CAPECITABINE, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED OR METASTATIC HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER WHO HAVE RECEIVED TWO OR MORE PRIOR ANTI-HER2 BASED REGIMENS IN THE METASTATIC SETTING
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  • Maleate salts of (E)-N-{4-[3-Chloro-4-(2-pyridinylmethoxy)anilino]-3-cyano-7-ethoxy-6-quinolinyl}-4-(dimethylamino)-2-butenamide and crystalline forms thereof
    Patent 9,139,558
    Issued: September 22, 2015
    Inventor(s): Lu Quinhong & Ku Mannching Sherry & Chew Warren & Cheal Gloria & Hadfield Anthony F. & Mirmehrabi Mahmoud
    Assignee(s): Wyeth LLC

    The present invention relates to maleate salt forms of (E)-N-{4-[3-chloro-4-(2-pyridinylmethoxy)anilino]-3-cyano-7-ethoxy-6-quinolinyl}-4-(dimethylamino)-2-butenamide, methods of preparing crystalline maleate salt forms, the associated compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same. The maleate salts are useful in treating cancers, particularly those affected by kinases of the epidermal growth factor receptor family.

    Patent expiration dates:

    • October 15, 2028
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 (HER2)-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASED THERAPY
    • October 15, 2028
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      Patent use: USE IN COMBINATION WITH CAPECITABINE, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED OR METASTATIC HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER WHO HAVE RECEIVED TWO OR MORE PRIOR ANTI-HER2 BASED REGIMENS IN THE METASTATIC SETTING
    • October 15, 2028
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY STAGE HER2-OVEREXPRESSED/AMPLIFIED BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASE THERAPY
  • Treatment regimen utilizing neratinib for breast cancer
    Patent 9,211,291
    Issued: December 15, 2015
    Inventor(s): Berkenblit Anna & Binlich Florence Marie Helene & Goss Paul
    Assignee(s): WYETH LLC

    An extended regimen for treatment of HER-2/neu overexpressed/amplified cancer is described, with involves delivering a course of neratinib therapy to HER-2/neu overexpressed/amplified cancer patients following the completion of surgical and adjuvant therapy. The neratinib regimen may be continued for upwards of twelve months to five years. Also provided are pharmaceutical kits designed to facilitate compliance with the regimen.

    Patent expiration dates:

    • March 24, 2030
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY STAGE HER2-OVEREXPRESSED/AMPLIFIED BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASE THERAPY
    • March 24, 2030
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 (HER2)-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASED THERAPY
  • Antineoplastic combinations of 4-anilino-3-cyanoquinolines and capecitabine
    Patent 9,265,784
    Issued: February 23, 2016
    Inventor(s): Zacharchuk Charles Michael & Quinn Susan Elizabeth & Wang Kenneth Kuan-Yuen & Binlich Florence Marie Helene
    Assignee(s): WYETH LLC

    A combination of a 4-anilino-3-cyanoquinoline compound (e.g. HKI-272, SKI-606, EKB-569) and a capecitabine compound in the treatment of a neoplasm is provided. Regimens, kits, and methods for treatment of neoplasm, including breast cancer including metastatic breast cancer, and lung cancer, using this combination, optionally in combination with other anti-neoplastic agents, or immune modulators are also described.

    Patent expiration dates:

    • August 4, 2029
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      Patent use: USE IN COMBINATION WITH CAPECITABINE, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED OR METASTATIC HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER WHO HAVE RECEIVED TWO OR MORE PRIOR ANTI-HER2 BASED REGIMENS IN THE METASTATIC SETTING
  • Maleate salts of (E)-N-{4-[3-chloro-4-(2-pyridinylmethoxy)anilino]-3-cyano-7-ethoxy-6-quinolinyl}-4-(dimethylamino)-2-butenamide and crystalline forms thereof
    Patent 9,630,946
    Issued: April 25, 2017
    Inventor(s): Lu Quinhong & Ku Mannching Sherry & Chew Warren & Cheal Gloria & Hadfield Anthony F. & Mirmehrabi Mahmoud
    Assignee(s): WYETH LLC

    The present invention relates to maleate salt forms of (E)-N-{4-[3-chloro-4-(2-pyridinylmethoxy)anilino]-3-cyano-7-ethoxy-6-quinolinyl}-4-(dimethylamino)-2-butenamide, methods of preparing crystalline maleate salt forms, the associated compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same. The maleate salts are useful in treating cancers, particularly those affected by kinases of the epidermal growth factor receptor family.

    Patent expiration dates:

    • October 15, 2028
      ✓ 
      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY STAGE HER2-OVEREXPRESSED/AMPLIFIED BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASE THERAPY
    • October 15, 2028
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      Patent use: USE IN COMBINATION WITH CAPECITABINE, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED OR METASTATIC HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER WHO HAVE RECEIVED TWO OR MORE PRIOR ANTI-HER2 BASED REGIMENS IN THE METASTATIC SETTING
    • October 15, 2028
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      Patent use: EXTENDED ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 (HER2)-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER, TO FOLLOW ADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB BASED THERAPY

Related exclusivities

Exclusivity is exclusive marketing rights granted by the FDA upon approval of a drug and can run concurrently with a patent or not. Exclusivity is a statutory provision and is granted to an NDA applicant if statutory requirements are met.

  • Exclusivity expiration dates:

    • February 25, 2023 - USE IN COMBINATION WITH CAPECITABINE, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED OR METASTATIC HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER WHO HAVE RECEIVED TWO OR MORE PRIOR ANTI-HER2 BASED REGIMENS IN THE METASTATIC SETTING
    • June 28, 2024 - NEW DOSING REGIMEN FOR THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF NERATINIB‐ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA

Glossary

Term Definition
Drug Patent A drug patent is assigned by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and assigns exclusive legal right to the patent holder to protect the proprietary chemical formulation. The patent assigns exclusive legal right to the inventor or patent holder, and may include entities such as the drug brand name, trademark, product dosage form, ingredient formulation, or manufacturing process A patent usually expires 20 years from the date of filing, but can be variable based on many factors, including development of new formulations of the original chemical, and patent infringement litigation.
Drug Exclusivity Exclusivity is the sole marketing rights granted by the FDA to a manufacturer upon the approval of a drug and may run simultaneously with a patent. Exclusivity periods can run from 180 days to seven years depending upon the circumstance of the exclusivity grant.
RLD A Reference Listed Drug (RLD) is an approved drug product to which new generic versions are compared to show that they are bioequivalent. A drug company seeking approval to market a generic equivalent must refer to the Reference Listed Drug in its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA). By designating a single reference listed drug as the standard to which all generic versions must be shown to be bioequivalent, FDA hopes to avoid possible significant variations among generic drugs and their brand name counterpart.

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