targeted anticancer therapy
Gefitinib
Treats a cancer by targeting tumour cells. This molecule appears in 98 of the medicines we have indexed.
Do you need a supplement? No.
No supplement is warranted with this treatment. A varied diet remains the foundation.
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By the Layer Nutrition editorial teamHow the atlas classifies the 664 molecules
- Class
- targeted anticancer therapy kinase inhibitor
- Indexed medicines
- 98
- Our answer
- Nothing to add
- Updated
- October 2026
What this medicine is for
Pharmacologically, this molecule belongs to the “targeted anticancer therapy (kinase inhibitor)” category. This targeted therapy attacks a specific mechanism of tumor cells; it falls under a specialized hospital prescription.
In practice: Treats a cancer by targeting tumour cells. Its prescription and administration take place in a specialised setting, often in hospital.
The name on your box may be here.
These names come from the public registers of 32 countries: the ANSM for France, the AEMPS for Spain, the AIFA for Italy, the HPRA for Ireland, Swissmedic for Switzerland, and the European Medicines Agency for the others.
Most widespread
- PHROMPO
- ФРОМПО
- REFETIB
- IRESSA
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France3
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB BIOGARAN
- GEFITINIB TEVA
Germany5
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB ACCORD
- GEFITINIB GENTHON
- GEFITINIB RATIOPHARM
- GEFITINIB STADA
Spain5
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB EUGIA
- GEFITINIB GENTHON
- GEFITINIB SANDOZ
- GEFITINIB TEVA
Italy2
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB MEDAC
United Kingdom4
- GEFITINIB ACCORD
- GEFITINIB EUGIA
- GEFITINIB SANDOZ
- GEFITINIB ZENTIVA PHARMA UK
Ireland1
- IRESSA
Switzerland1
- IRESSA
Austria2
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB ACCORD
Belgium3
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB ACCORD
- GEFITINIB SANDOZ
Bulgaria2
- ФРОМПО
- IRESSA
Cyprus2
- REFETIB
- IRESSA
Croatia4
- PHROMPO
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB PLIVA
- GEFITINIB SANDOZ
Denmark3
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB ACCORD
- GEFITINIB STADA
Estonia3
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB AUXILIA
- GEFITINIB NORAMEDA
Finland3
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB ACCORD
- GEFITINIB STADA
Greece4
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB FARAN
- GEFITINIB GENEPHARM
- GEFITINIB INNOVIS
Hungary7
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB GENEPHARM
- GEFITINIB ONKOGEN
- GEFITINIB PHARMACENTER
- GEFITINIB PHARMASCIENCE
- GEFITINIB STADA
- GEFITINIB TEVA
Iceland3
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB STADA
- GEFITINIB WH
Latvia2
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB NORAMEDA
Liechtenstein1
- IRESSA
Lithuania2
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB NORAMEDA
Luxembourg1
- IRESSA
Malta3
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB EUGIA
- GEFITINIB GENTHON
Norway2
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB STADA
Netherlands8
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB EUGIA
- GEFITINIB GENTHON
- GEFITINIB GLENMARK
- GEFITINIB SANDOZ
- GEFITINIB STADA
- GEFITINIB SYNTHON
- GEFITINIB TEVA
Poland4
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB ACCORD
- GEFITINIB GENTHON
- GEFITINIB SANDOZ
Portugal6
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB ACCORD
- GEFITINIB EUGIA
- GEFITINIB GENERIS
- GEFITINIB STADA
- GEFITINIB ZENTIVA
Romania4
- PHROMPO
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB ACCORD
- GEFITINIB POLISANO
Slovakia1
- IRESSA
Slovenia2
- PHROMPO
- IRESSA
Sweden3
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB ACCORD
- GEFITINIB STADA
Czechia2
- IRESSA
- GEFITINIB ACCORD
One answer out of three.
The atlas gives each molecule one of these three answers. Most call for nothing.
- Our formula31 molecules
- An active ingredient to consider59 molecules
- Nothing to add574 moleculesincluding this one
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