Mechanism of Action
OFEV® is a multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor with antifibrotic and anti-inflammatory effects that inhibit key pathways leading to pulmonary fibrosis^1,3-7

Adapted from Wollin L et al. Eur Respair J. 2015;45:1434-1445.

OFEV® binds intracellularly to key tyrosine kinases that have been implicated in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis (in interstitial lung diseases (ILDs)).^1,4-7

OFEV® targets key receptors, platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) α and ß, fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) 1–3, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) 1–3, and colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R), associated with pathogenic processes in pulmonary fibrosis to reduce:^1,4-7

Fibroblast proliferation
Migration
Fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transformation
Activation of macrophages

In addition, OFEV® inhibits lymphocyte-specific tyrosine-protein kinase (Lck), involved in the activation of T cells, reducing the activation of fibroblasts and the synthesis and secretion of extracellular matrix (ECM).^1,6,7

While ILDs differ, common pathogenic pathways to pulmonary fibrosis are shared⁸

Repeated injury and deterioration of repair mechanisms induce the release of profibrotic mediators like FGF, VEGF, and PDGF, which trigger inflammation and angiogenesis, as well as fibroblast proliferation, migration, transformation to myofibroblasts, and survival. This results in fibrosis of the affected tissue.^1,3-7

Adapted from Wollin L et al. J Scleroderma Relat Disord.2019;4(3):212-218.

OFEV® mechanism of action^1,3-7

OFEV® acts on the self-sustaining fibrotic processes that can occur in SSc-ILD, IPF, and other chronic fibrosing ILDs with a progressive phenotype through the inhibition of key kinases such as PDGFR, FGFR, VEGFR, CSF1R, and Lck2.^5–7

Adapted from Wollin L et al. J Scleroderma Relat Disord.2019;4(3):212-218.

IPF pathogenesis and nintedanib mechanism of action

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Understand the mechanism of disease and the pathophysiology of pulmonary fibrosis in patients with IPF

Nintedanib mechanism of action

Published 2015 by Boehringer Ingelheim GmBH

Understand the nintedanib mechanism of action in patients with IPF

Footnotes:

Akt, protein kinase b; CSF1R, colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor; ECM, extracellular matrix; FGF, fibroblast growth factor; FGFR, fibroblast growth factor receptor; ILD, interstitial lung disease; Lck, lymphocyte-specific tyrosine-protein kinase; PDGF, platelet-derived growth factor; PDGFR, platelet-derived growth factor receptor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGFR, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor.

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OFEV®

Mechanism of Action
OFEV® is a multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor with antifibrotic and anti-inflammatory effects that inhibit key pathways leading to pulmonary fibrosis^1,3-7

Mechanism of Action

OFEV® is a multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor with antifibrotic and anti-inflammatory effects that inhibit key pathways leading to pulmonary fibrosis^1,3-7