Drug Detail

Information about Alvespimycin

Generic Name	Alvespimycin
IND	KOS-1022
Brand Name (US)
Manufacturer	Kosan Biosciences
Drug Type
Delivery
Approval Status	Discontinued
Indications
Overall Strategy	KIT Protein Based
Strategy	Destroy KIT
Drug Category	HSP90 inhibitor

We were informed in late November that this trial at Colorado University in Aurora, Col. is on hold for toxicity.
Development of this drug was discontinued in February, 2008 according to a KOSAN Biosciences Form 10-Q filing.