Tafinlar: adverse event reports filed with FDA

15,285

reports as suspect product

0.1% of all reports · about 1,184 a year

703

reports, 12 months to June 2026

843 in the 12 months before

66.8%

marked serious by the reporter

70.8% across the class

23.4%

record death among outcomes, as reported

3,574 reports · not verified by FDA

Reports by month, five years

Reports by the month FDA received them. FDA releases FAERS data quarterly, so the newest months are incomplete and grow in later releases.

By year received

2026 covers reports received through June 2026 only.

Reactions recorded in the reports

share of Tafinlar reports recording the termmedian drug in kinase inhibitor

1. Pyrexiafever19.4%2,959
2. Deaththe patient died; cause not stated by this term17.2%2,626
3. Fatiguetiredness7.8%1,188
4. Malignant neoplasm progression7.5%1,147
5. Nauseafeeling sick7.3%1,111
6. Chillschills or shivering7.1%1,088
7. Rashskin rash6.2%941
8. Vomitingbeing sick4.8%733
9. Diarrhoealoose or frequent stools4.7%721
10. Headachehead pain3.8%586
11. Malaisegeneral feeling of being unwell3.5%536
12. Astheniaweakness or lack of energy3.5%533
13. Visual impairmentreduced vision3.2%494
14. Arthralgiajoint pain3%459
15. Decreased appetitereduced appetite2.9%449
16. Painpain, site not specified2.8%424
17. Metastatic malignant melanoma2.3%351
18. Product use in unapproved indicationused for a purpose not on the label2.3%345
19. Drug ineffectivethe medicine did not work as expected2.2%341
20. Metastases to central nervous system2.2%337
21. Dizzinesslight-headedness or unsteadiness2.1%316
22. Dyspnoeashortness of breath2%310
23. Malignant melanomamelanoma, a skin cancer1.9%296
24. Vision blurredblurred vision1.9%285
25. Coughcough1.8%273
26. Disease progressionthe disease advanced1.7%267
27. Constipationconstipation1.7%261
28. Peripheral swellingswelling of the arms or legs1.7%254
29. Dehydrationdehydration1.7%253
30. Weight decreasedweight loss1.6%252

Top 30 of 1,271 MedDRA preferred terms recorded across these reports, with a plain-language gloss where one is available. One report can record several terms. The hollow bar is the median share across the 100 drugs in the kinase inhibitor class; it describes the reports, not the patients. FDA states that adverse event reports "represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product", that "common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product", and that the data "by themselves are not an indicator of the safety profile of the drug or biologic."

Outcomes recorded

Outcome flags as the reporter set them; a report can carry several, and "other serious" is FDA's own category for serious reports outside the named outcomes. Grey bar: all 849,161 reports in the class. FDA has not verified any outcome and states that the reports "cannot be used to estimate the incidence of these events."

Patients and reporters

Age and sex as stated in the report; the reporter's qualification is the primary source recorded by FDA. 65.8% of reports give the United States as the country of the event or reporter.

Reason for use recorded

The indication field is filled in by the reporter and is often blank; shares are of all 15,285 reports.

Drugs most often listed in the same reports

Other products listed in reports where Tafinlar is a suspect product, whatever their own role. Co-listing means the two were recorded together; it says nothing about either product's part in the event. Only the 2,500 most-reported names are counted here.

In context

Shares are of reports, not of patients treated. The number of people taking a product is not in the data, so none of these figures is a rate, and differences between columns reflect who takes a product, who reports and how long it has been sold. FDA states that adverse event reports "represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product", that "common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product", and that the data "by themselves are not an indicator of the safety profile of the drug or biologic."

Other drugs in the kinase inhibitor class

Ordered by report count for navigation only. FDA states that adverse event reports "represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product", that "common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product", and that the data "by themselves are not an indicator of the safety profile of the drug or biologic." A brand and its generic are separate rows because reporters name them separately.

Where this comes from. Counts are built from the openFDA Drug Adverse Event (FAERS) bulk export released 28 Sep 2026, which holds reports FDA received through 30 Jun 2026. Drug names are as reported, resolved to the brand or generic name on the FDA label where openFDA's harmonisation matched them; classes are the pharmacologic class (EPC) from the label and the National Drug Code Directory of 17 Sep 2026. A report counts here when it lists Tafinlar as a suspect or interacting product; reports listing it only as a concomitant medication (406) are excluded. No report narrative, lot number, patient detail or reporter identity is published. See the methodology and sources; FDA's record is authoritative, and corrections are handled within five working days.