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. 2023 Mar 22;11:1133472. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1133472

TABLE 1.

The four FDA approved PARP inhibitors.

Mechanism of action
Brand name Manufacture Catalytic inhibition (PARP1)* Trapping*
Niraparib ZEJULA Merck/Tesaro/GSK Yes (+) Yes (3X)
Olaparib LYNPARZA KuDOS Pharmaceutical/AstraZeneca Yes (++) Yes (1X)
Rucaparib RUBRACA Agouron Pharmaceuticals/Clovis Oncology Yes (+++) Yes (1X)
Talazoparib TALENNA LEAD Therapeutics/Pfizer Yes (++++) Yes (100X)

Notes: “+” signs indicate the qualitative potency of inhibiting the enzymatic activity of PARP1. “1X, 3X, and 100X” indicates the relative potency of trapping PARP1 on DNA.

*Rudolph, J.; Jung, K.; Luger, K., Inhibitors of PARP: Number crunching and structure gazing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022, 119 (11), e2121979119.