Drug Summary

  Drug name:  imatinib
  Chemical name:  Gleevec
  Formula:  C₂₉H₃₁N₇O
  Weight:   493.6027
  CAS no:  152459-95-5
  DrugBank link:  DB00619
  Description:  
  Indication:  For the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML), Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative diseases, aggressive systemic mastocytosis, hypereosinophilic syndrome and/or chronic eosinophilic leukemia (CEL), dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, and malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).