PD 173074 is a potent ATP-competitive inhibitor of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 and 3. PD173074 is also an effective inhibitor of FGFR2, FGFR4, and VEGFR2. Compared to FGFR1, PD173074 weakly inhibits the activities of Src, InsR, EGFR, PDGFR, MEK, and PKC with 1000-fold or greater IC50 values. PD173074 inhibits autophosphorylation of FGFR1 and VEGFR2 in a dose-dependent manner with IC50 of 1-5 nM and 100-200 nM, respectively. PD173074 specifically inhibits FGF-2-mediated effects on proliferation, differentiation, and MAPK activation in oligodendrocyte (OL) lineage cells. PD173074 treatment potently reduces the viability of FGFR3-expressing KMS11 and KMS18 cells. Inhibition of aFGF-stimulated MM cell growth by PD173074 is highly correlated with the expression of FGFR3. PD173074 treatment completely abolishes NIH 3T3 transformation mediated by Y373C FGFR3 but not by Ras V12, demonstrating that PD173074 specifically targets FGFR3-mediated cell transformation and lacks nonspecific cytotoxic effect. Administration of PD173074 at 1 mg/kg/day or 2 mg/kg/day in mice can effectively block angiogenesis induced by either FGF or VEGF in a dose-dependent manner with no apparent toxicity. PD173074 inhibits in vivo growth of mutant FGFR3-transfected NIH 3T3 cells in nude mice. Inhibition of FGFR3 by PD173074 delays tumor growth and increases survival of mice in a KMS11 xenograft myeloma model. In the H-510 xenograft, oral administration of PD173074 blocks tumor growth similar to that seen with single-agent cisplatin administration, increasing median survival compared with control sham-treated animals. In H-69 xenografts, PD173074 induces complete responses lasting >6 months in 50% of mice. These effects are correlated with increased apoptosis in excised tumors, but not a consequence of disrupted tumor vasculature. PD173074 seems to be discontinued in the preclinical development stage, and no clinical data are available currently.

Brucine is an alkaloid resembling strychnine but it is much less potent than strychnine. Brucine was first discovered in 1819 by Pelletier and Caventou in the bark of the Strychnos nux vomica tree. Brucine causes paralysis of the peripheral nerve endings and produces violent convulsions. Since brucine is a large chiral molecule, it has been used as an enantioselective recognition agent using in chiral resolution. While brucine has been shown to have good anti-tumor effects, on both hepatocellular carcinoma and breast cancer, its narrow therapeutic window has limited its use as a treatment for cancer. Brucine is also used in traditional Chinese medicine as an anti-inflammatory and analgesic agent, as well as in some Ayurveda and homeopathy drugs. Like strychnine, brucine also functions as antagonist at the glycine receptor and paralyzes the inhibitory neurons

Toceranib (toceranib phosphate) is an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor that blocks a variety of RTKs, including VEGFR2, PDGFRa and KIT. In non-clinical pharmacology studies, toceranib selectively inhibited the tyrosine kinase activity of several members of the split kinase receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) family, some of which are implicated in tumor growth, pathologic angiogenesis, and metastatic progression of cancer. Toceranib inhibited the activity of Flk-1/KDR tyrosine kinase (vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, VEGFR2), platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), and stem cell factor receptor (Kit) in both biochemical and cellular assays. Toceranib has been shown to exert an antiproliferative effect on endothelial cells in vitro. Toceranib treatment can induce cell cycle arrest and subsequent apoptosis in tumor cell lines expressing activating mutations in the split kinase RTK, ckit. Canine mast cell tumor growth is frequently driven by activating mutations in c-kit. Toceranib is a dog-specific anti-cancer drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It is marketed as Palladia as its phosphate salt, toceranib phosphate by Pfizer. PALLADIA (Toceranib) tablets are indicated for the treatment of Patnaik grade II or III, recurrent, cutaneous mast cell tumors with or without regional lymph node involvement in dogs.

Salinomycin as a promising anticancer drug candidate exerts anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic activities by inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2-mediated angiogenesis. Its salt, salinomycin sodium, is an ionophore anticoccidial for use in chickens to prevent coccidiosis caused by Eimeria tenella, E.necatrix, E.acervulina, E.maxima, E.brunetti and E.mivati.

Cediranib (AZD-2171) is a VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitor which was developed by AstraZeneca for the treatment of cancer. The drug reached the final stage of approval by European Medicines Agency in 2008 under the name Zemfirza (it was recommended to be taken in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy), however on 19 September 2016 AstraZeneca decided to withdraw the Marketing Authorisation Application.

AL3818 (anlotinib) is a receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR1, VEGFR2/KDR, and VEGFR3), stem cell factor receptor (C-kit), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGFβ), and fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR1, FGFR2, and FGFR3). Anlotibib is a kind of innovative medicines approved by State Food and Drug Administration（SFDA:2011L00661) which was researched by Jiangsu Chia-tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Phase III development is underway for the treatment of thyroid cancer, gastric cancer, leiomyosarcoma; non-small cell lung cancer; synovial sarcoma; thyroid cancer etc.