Elotuzumab
As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Elotuzumab is an antibody: marketed, first approved in 2015 (US); acts on SLAMF7; US protection ends in 2027.
Sources: FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL.
The drug
- Status
- Marketed; latest approval 2016
- Kind
- Antibody
- Brand name
- Empliciti
- First approved
- 30 November 2015 (US)
- Approvals on record
- 7 in 4 regions
- Holder of the most recent approval
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- Registered trials
- 60, 13 stopped early
- Disease areas
- Cancer; Immune system; Blood and lymph; Heart and blood vessels; Nutrition and metabolism
US protection
US protection ends in 2027.
US protection ends in 2027, 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 Bristol Myers Squibb. 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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Target
| Gene | Protein | UniProt |
|---|---|---|
| SLAMF7 | SLAM family member 7 | Q9NQ25 |
Registered trials
| Phase | Trials | Completed | Active | Stopped early |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase not stated | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phase 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Phase 2 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 9 |
| Phase 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| All trials | 60 |
Who has held its approvals
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers Squibb | Applicant and Lead sponsor of trials | 2015 to now |