OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. company was founded in 1983 and is based in Melville, New York. OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of molecular targeted therapies for the treatment of unmet medical needs in oncology, diabetes, and obesity. Its flagship product, Tarceva is a small molecule therapeutic designed to inhibit the receptor tyrosine kinase activity of the protein product of the HER1/EGFR gene. The company also offers Novantrone, a mitoxantrone for injection concentrate. OSI Pharmaceuticals products in Phase I clinical trials include OSI-906, an oral small molecule IGF-1R inhibitor for various cancers, including NSCLC, breast, pancreatic, prostate, colorectal, adrenocortical, and ovarian; PSN821, an oral small molecule drug with anti-diabetic and appetite suppressing effects developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes; PSN602, a novel dual serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor for the long-term treatment of obesity; and OSI-027, a small molecule TORC1/TORC2 inhibitor to supersede first generation mTOR inhibitors. The companys other development programs include OSI-296, a novel potent TKI developed to block compensatory signaling in epithelial tumor cells; OSI-930, a multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor that acts as a potent co-inhibitor of the receptor tyrosine kinases c-kit and the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2; OSI-632, an anti-angiogenesis agent; and CP-868,596, a PDGFR inhibitor. OSI Pharmaceuticals has collaboration agreements with Genentech, Inc.; Roche; and AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.