Olaparib

Olaparib
Clinical data
Trade namesLynparza, others
Other namesAZD-2281, MK-7339, KU0059436
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa614060
License data
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: D
Routes of
administration
By mouth
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)
  • CA: ℞-only
  • UK: POM (Prescription only)
  • US: ℞-only
  • EU: Rx-only
  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
Identifiers
  • 4-[(3-[(4-cyclopropylcarbonyl)piperazin-1-yl]carbonyl) -4-fluorophenyl]methyl(2H)phthalazin-1-one
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
DrugBank
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ChEBI
ChEMBL
PDB ligand
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.170.811
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC24H23FN4O3
Molar mass434.471 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • c4cccc2c4c(n[nH]c2=O)Cc(ccc1F)cc1C(=O)N3CCN(CC3)C(=O)C5CC5
  • InChI=1S/C24H23FN4O3/c25-20-8-5-15(14-21-17-3-1-2-4-18(17)22(30)27-26-21)13-19(20)24(32)29-11-9-28(10-12-29)23(31)16-6-7-16/h1-5,8,13,16H,6-7,9-12,14H2,(H,27,30) Y
  • Key:FDLYAMZZIXQODN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
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Olaparib, sold under the brand name Lynparza, is a medication for the maintenance treatment of BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer in adults. It is a PARP inhibitor, inhibiting poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP), an enzyme involved in DNA repair. It acts against cancers in people with hereditary BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, which include some ovarian, breast, and prostate cancers.

In December 2014, olaparib was approved for use as a single agent by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the European Union and by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States.