Derazantinib Drug Asset Due Diligence Report 2026: Clinical, IP, Market, Deals, and Go/No-Go
This Derazantinib Drug Asset Due Diligence Report was built with PatSnap Life Sciences MCP workflows. Drug & Asset MCP establishes identity, ownership and stage; Clinical Trials MCP checks design, endpoints and readouts; Company & Deal Intelligence MCP reconstructs transaction precedent. Explore the MCP servers used in this report.
Decision date: 15 July 2026. Currency fields are presented in US$ millions as returned by the deal dataset. This is a screening memorandum, not legal, medical, patent or investment advice.
Phase 2
Highest phase
9
Registered trials
15
Result records
5
Matched deals
Executive recommendation: CONDITIONAL GO
Decision memo
Advance with milestone-based economics while efficacy durability, safety differentiation, patent scope, and market positioning are validated.
The central underwriting question is whether Derazantinib can convert its Small molecule drug profile and Not disclosed biology into clinically meaningful differentiation while preserving an investable safety, IP and commercial position.
1. Asset identity and development status
| Asset | Derazantinib (query alias: derazantinib) |
|---|---|
| Modality / target | Small molecule drug; Not disclosed; Not disclosed |
| Highest global status | Phase 2 |
| Originator | Not disclosed |
| Active developers | Not disclosed |
The MCP disease footprint includes no disclosed indication. The highest-phase flag is a useful orientation point, but the licensing case depends on indication-level evidence and rights, not the global label alone.
2. Clinical program: design and endpoint audit
| Registry | Phase | Status | Enrollment | Lead primary endpoint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT05174650 | Phase 2 | Active, not recruiting | 27 | Primary Objective: Assessment of Efficacy |
| NCT04604132 | Phase 1/2 | Terminated | 47 | Objective Response Rate (ORR) in Substudy 1 (in Cohorts 1.1 and 1.2) |
| ChiCTR2000031787 | Early Phase 1 | Recruiting | 16 | Recommended Phase II Dose |
The trial set should be diligenced for randomization, comparator relevance, endpoint hierarchy, analysis population, multiplicity, geographic mix and readout timing. For early-stage studies, safety and dose selection can be as decision-critical as response rate.
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3. Clinical readouts: what is known
Tumor vascularity as a predictor of FGFR inhibitor response in FGFR2-fused intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Not Applicable; n=134; evaluation: not stated. Reported fields: mPFS = 4.07 month ( 3.0 - 5.1); mPFS = 7.07 month ( 5.10 - 8.16); mPFS = 5.0 month ( 2.1 - 8.3)
Derazantinib alone and with atezolizumab in metastatic urothelial carcinoma with activating FGFR aberrations
Phase 1/2; n=not disclosed; evaluation: Negative. Reported fields: -; ORR = 14.3 % (95%CI, 0.4 - 57.9); -
A Phase 1b/2 Study of Derazantinib as Monotherapy and Combination Therapy With Paclitaxel, Ramucirumab or Atezolizumab in Patients With HER2-negative Gastric Adenocarcinoma Expressing FGFR2 Genetic Aberrations
Phase 1/2; n=47; evaluation: not stated. Reported fields: -; Objective Response Rate (ORR) in Substudy 1 (in Cohorts 1.1 and 1.2) = 0.0 Percentage of participants (90% Confidence Interval, 0.0 - 31.2); Objective Response Rate (ORR) in Substudy 1 (in Cohorts 1.1 and 1.2) = 0.0 Percentage of participants (90% Confidence Interval, 0.0 - 20.6)
These fields are structured evidence signals, not a substitute for statistical review. The next diligence pass should reconcile denominators, confidence intervals, follow-up, censoring, dose cohorts and treatment-emergent toxicity against the original abstract, registry and protocol.
4. Market and competitive position
Derazantinib addresses its disclosed development indications. Commercial attractiveness rests on addressable biomarker-positive patients, treatment-line placement, duration, administration burden, pricing and displacement of entrenched standards. The modality—Small molecule drug—must demonstrate a benefit large enough to offset class-specific safety and operational costs.
The strongest market-validation signal in this screen is partner behavior: 5 matched transaction record(s) indicate that sophisticated counterparties have assigned strategic value to the asset or its rights. That does not establish net present value; probability of success, remaining R&D spend, royalties, cost sharing and territorial scope still need modeling.
5. Transaction precedent and economics
| Date | Transaction | Phase at deal | Disclosed economics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-27 | Unable to hit licensing deal terms, Basilea to hand cancer drug rights back to Merck | Clinical | Financial terms not disclosed |
| 2020-10-28 | Basilea announces Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Eli Lilly and Company for ramucirumab in the ongoing FIDES-03 study with derazantinib in gastric cancer | Approved | Financial terms not disclosed |
| 2019-01-24 | Basilea Pharmaceutica and Roche collaborate to investigate the efficacy of combining derazantinib and atezolizumab in treating urothelial cancer with confirmed FGFR genomic aberrations. | Approved | Financial terms not disclosed |
Headline values are not directly comparable. Diligence should normalize upfront cash, equity, development and sales milestones, tiered royalties, opt-in mechanics, cost sharing, change-of-control clauses and geography.
6. IP and freedom-to-operate screen
No asset-specific patent-application milestone appeared in the returned milestone slice. That absence is not a freedom-to-operate conclusion; a dedicated family, claim, ownership, expiry, and legal-status search remains mandatory before signing.
The claim chart should separately test composition or sequence coverage, formulation and dosing, indication and biomarker claims, combinations, manufacturing know-how, prosecution history, term extensions and third-party blocking rights. Confirm that licensed patents, data and know-how track every granted territory and field.
7. Principal risks and diligence gates
- Therapeutic index across KRAS/BRAF mutation subgroups
- On-target toxicity and adaptive MAPK resistance
- Lack of matched efficacy results in the current MCP result set
Cross-functional diligence should also test CMC comparability, supply chain, pharmacovigilance, regulatory correspondence, data integrity, investigator concentration, partner obligations and change-of-control restrictions.
8. Final go/no-go memorandum
CONDITIONAL GO
Advance with milestone-based economics while efficacy durability, safety differentiation, patent scope, and market positioning are validated.
Required pre-signing gates: reproduce key efficacy analyses; complete an indication-specific safety review; run a full patent-family and freedom-to-operate search; model risk-adjusted economics by territory; and reconcile all rights, sublicenses and encumbrances.
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Data provenance: PatSnap Drug & Asset MCP, Clinical Trials MCP, and Company & Deal Intelligence MCP; accessed 15 July 2026. Counts and status fields may change as source records update.
