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Sprycel

Dasatinib

An oral targeted therapy used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Generic name
Dasatinib
Brand name
Sprycel
Marketed by
Bristol Myers Squibb
First FDA approval
28 Jun 2006

Where Dasatinib is approved

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Of the three regulators tracked here, the first to approve Dasatinib was the US, on 28 Jun 2006. It is approved in 3 of the 3 regulators tracked here.

USUnited States (FDA)
28 Jun 2006
Sprycel
NDA021986 on Drugs@FDA
First original NDA/BLA approval
EUEuropean Union (EMA)
20 Nov 2006
Sprycel
EMA product page
First centralised authorisation
CACanada (Health Canada)
26 Mar 2007
Sprycel
Notice of Compliance 8672
First new-drug NOC

From the regulators' own registers: FDA Drugs@FDA, the EMA medicines list and Health Canada's Notice of Compliance database. Dates are the first listed approval of a product containing only this substance; combination products and nationally authorised EU medicines are not counted.

Dasatinib patents and exclusivity

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Protections still running for marketed products containing Dasatinib, as listed by the regulators. Expired patents and exclusivities, and discontinued products, are not shown.

US FDA Orange Book Phyrago, Sprycel
  • 6 listed patents; the last listed expires 22 Jan 2041 (US 12544376).
  • Exclusivity M-307: Other exclusivity: information added to the clinical pharmacology section to include results from a drug interaction study with gastric aci…, until 5 Dec 2026.
See the Orange Book listing for NDA 216099
Patents and exclusivities above are pooled across 2 applications for this substance.

Reproduced from the FDA Orange Book and Purple Book (checked 12 Oct 2026) and the European Commission's Union Register of medicinal products (CC BY 4.0; the EU expiry date is calculated exactly as the Commission's register displays it). Listed patents and dates are as submitted to or published by the regulator and may not reflect litigation, invalidation, settlements, lapsed fees or later extensions. This is not legal advice or a freedom-to-operate opinion, and it does not say when a generic or biosimilar will launch.

What health systems spend on Dasatinib

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ENNHS England
Not dispensed in the community in England in the last 12 months under this name
Net ingredient cost, community prescriptions
USUS Medicaid
$183.5m
18,226 prescriptions in 2025 · Sprycel, Dasatinib, dasatinib
-34% on 2024
Amount Medicaid reimbursed, before rebates

From NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis (Open Government Licence v3.0) and CMS State Drug Utilization Data. Both are gross amounts: neither system publishes its discounts or rebates per drug. Products combining several substances are not counted here.

How Dasatinib works

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  • Bcr/Abl fusion protein inhibitor Inhibitor
    Target: Bcr/Abl fusion protein
    ✓ In ChEMBL and the Guide to Pharmacology
Diseases it has been tested for in clinical trials, by furthest phase
  • T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaPhase 2/3
  • Obesity disorderPhase 2/3
  • Alzheimer diseasePhase 2
  • B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemiaPhase 2
  • COVID-19Phase 2
  • HIV infectious diseasePhase 2
  • Acquired polycythemia veraPhase 2
  • Acute myeloid leukemiaPhase 2
  • AgingPhase 2
  • Atypical chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR-ABL1 negativePhase 2
49 diseases in all

Mechanisms and diseases from ChEMBL via the Open Targets Platform (release 26.09), ChEMBL record CHEMBL5416410, CC BY-SA 3.0. Targets checked against the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (2026.3), ligand 5678, CC BY-SA 4.0. Trial phases are not approvals: approved uses are shown from the regulators' own records where we hold them.

NICE appraisals of Dasatinib

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NICE, which decides whether the NHS in England should fund new medicines, has published 5 technology appraisals of Dasatinib. 5 are current, and 4 of these recommend it for at least some patients.

AppraisalNICE recommendationPublishedStatus
Dasatinib for treating Philadelphia-chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (terminated appraisal)
NICE TA714
Terminated (no company submission)14 Jul 2021Current
Dasatinib, nilotinib and high-dose imatinib for treating imatinib-resistant or intolerant chronic myeloid leukaemia
NICE TA425
Optimised Recommended Not recommended21 Dec 2016Current
Dasatinib, nilotinib and imatinib for untreated chronic myeloid leukaemia
NICE TA426
Recommended21 Dec 2016Current
Dasatinib, nilotinib and standard-dose imatinib for the first-line treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia
NICE TA251
Recommended Not recommended25 Apr 2012Current
Dasatinib, high-dose imatinib and nilotinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) (part review of NICE technology appraisal guidance 70), and dasatinib and nilotinib for people with CML for whom treatment with imatinib has failed because of intolerance
NICE TA241
Recommended Not recommended13 Jan 2012Current

NICE decisions apply to the NHS in England. In Ireland the HSE decides on reimbursement, advised by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics. Titles, categories and dates link to the guidance on nice.org.uk. © NICE 2026 technology appraisal guidance. Available from www.nice.org.uk/guidance. All rights reserved. Subject to Notice of rights. NICE guidance is prepared for the National Health Service in England. All NICE guidance is subject to regular review and may be updated or withdrawn. NICE accepts no responsibility for the use of its content in this product/publication.

Patient leaflets for Dasatinib

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Reference identifiers for Dasatinib

ChEMBL
CHEMBL5416410
PubChem CID
11540687
CAS number
863127-77-9
FDA UNII
RBZ1571X5H
Wikidata
Q27139135

Codes that identify this medicine in other databases, from Wikidata (CC0), matched by its ChEMBL ID. The ATC code is the WHO classification of what the medicine is used for.

What Sprycel is used for

Dasatinib (Sprycel) is an oral targeted therapy used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It belongs to the Tyrosine kinase inhibitor class.

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