Crizotinib is inhibitor of the c-Met kinase and the NPM-ALK. Crizotinib inhibited cell proliferation in ALK-positive ALCL cells (IC50s=30 nM). Crizotinib is useful in treatment of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma.

Crizotinib is a derivative of aminopyridine that acts as a potent, orally bioavailable, ATP-competitive small-molecule dual inhibitor of c-MET (IC50 = 8 nM) and ALK (IC50 = 20 nM) receptor tyrosine kinases.Crizotinib shows antitumor efficacy, including cytoreductive antitumor activity, in multiple tumor models implanted in athymic mice that express activated c-MET or ALK fusion proteins (IC50s = 5-20 nM).Crizotinib is currently undergoing active clinical investigation in non-small cell lung cancer and phase I/II studies are being conducted in patients with anaplastic large cell lymphoma or neuroblastoma.