The report provides a detailed analysis essential for establishing a pemigatinib production plant. It encompasses all critical aspects necessary for pemigatinib production, including the cost of pemigatinib production, pemigatinib plant cost, pemigatinib production costs, and the overall pemigatinib production plant cost.
Additionally, the study covers specific expenditures associated with setting up and operating a pemigatinib production plant. These encompass production processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure needs, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, and more.
Pemigatinib is a targeted medicine that blocks certain proteins called FGFR1, FGFR2, and FGFR3, which can fuel cancer growth. It mainly treats bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) in adults that has spread or cannot be removed by surgery. It binds to these receptors, blocking unusual signalling that promotes uncontrolled cancer cell proliferation, survival, angiogenesis, and metastasis in tumours with FGFR fusions, mutations, or amplifications. It is FDA-approved for adults with previously treated, unresectable locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma. It delivers durable responses and extended progression-free survival. Its side effects include ocular toxicity, hyperphosphatemia, and fatigue, which require vigilant monitoring.
The market for pemigatinib is driven by the rising incidence of cholangiocarcinoma and other FGFR-altered cancers. The advanced diagnostics that identify suitable patients through companion tests contribute to its market growth. Innovations in precision medicine, expanding clinical trials for new tumour types (e.g., bladder, pancreatic), regulatory approvals, and investments in developing markets boost its demand.
The industrial pemigatinib procurement is driven by high costs as an oral targeted therapy, reimbursement negotiations, and patient assistance programs. Other factors like supply chain stability, regional healthcare budgets, and competition from other FGFR inhibitors like futibatinib or erdafitinib impact its sourcing strategies.
Raw Material for Pemigatinib Production
According to the pemigatinib production plant project report, the key raw materials used in the production of pemigatinib include pyrrolopyridine and mesyl chloride.
Production Process of Pemigatinib
The extensive pemigatinib production cost report consists of the following major industrial production process:
- From pyrrolopyridine and mesyl chloride: The production of pemigatinib starts with pyrrolopyridine converted to its N-oxide. This is then treated with mesyl chloride in DMF to form 4-chloroazaindole. N-1 protection with TIPS enables chlorine-directed lithiation and DMF quenching gives an aldehyde. This is followed by N-sulfonylation, acetal protection, C2-lithiation with formamide quenching, and reductive amination with morpholine, which gives azaindole. The acidic deprotection reveals an aldehyde for reductive amination with aniline to benzylamine. This is followed by urea formation with isocyanate, LHMDS-promoted intramolecular cyclization displacing chloride to azatricycle. Finally, basic hydrolysis of the phenylsulfonyl group gives pemigatinib as the final product.
Pemigatinib is a small-molecule kinase inhibitor that has the molecular formula of C24H27F2N5O4 with a molecular weight of 487.5 g/mol. It has a complex tricyclic pyrrolopyridopyrimidinone core featuring a 2,6-difluoro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl substituent, an ethyl group at N1, and a 4-morpholinylmethyl side chain at C8. It appears as a white to off-white crystalline powder, practically insoluble in water but soluble in DMSO and organic solvents. It has a melting point around 220-230 degree Celsius with a logP value of 3.5, indicating moderate lipophilicity. Its pKa values make it suitable for oral absorption (basic nitrogen ~6.5) and high plasma protein binding (~90%). It is stable under physiological conditions but susceptible to CYP3A4 metabolism. Its formulation includes lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, and croscarmellose sodium excipients, with bioavailability ~80% under fed conditions.