Drug

Caplacizumab

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Caplacizumab is an antibody: marketed, first approved in 2018 (EU); acts on VWF; US protection ends in 2031.

Sources: FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL.

The drug

Status
Marketed; latest approval 2022
Kind
Antibody
Brand name
Cablivi
First approved
30 August 2018 (EU)
Approvals on record
5 in 4 regions
Holder of the most recent approval
Sanofi; 2 holders in all
Registered trials
14, 1 stopped early
Disease areas
Blood and lymph; Heart and blood vessels; Mental health

US protection

US protection ends in 2031.

US protection ends in 2031, computed as 12 years from the first US licence because FDA publishes no date for this product. The application that gives this date is held by Ablynx. The date is computed, not published.

This is the US only, and it is not the date generics or biosimilars can enter.

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Companies that need a new molecule because of this drug

1 company on route B because of this drug.

Companies on route B for this drug

In the product

1 company is on route B because of Caplacizumab.

Target

GeneProteinUniProt
VWFvon Willebrand factorP04275

Registered trials

PhaseTrialsCompletedActiveStopped early
Phase not stated5220
Phase 12200
Phase 23201
Phase 34400
All trials14

Who has held its approvals

CompanyRoleYears
SanofiApplicant and Lead sponsor of trials2009 to now
AblynxApplicant2018 to now