Drug

Erenumab

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Erenumab is an antibody: marketed, first approved in 2018 (US); acts on CALCRL; US protection ends in 2030.

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

The drug

Status
Marketed; latest approval 2021
Kind
Antibody
Brand name
Aimovig
First approved
17 May 2018 (US)
Approvals on record
11 in 4 regions
Holder of the most recent approval
Amgen; 3 holders in all
Registered trials
53, 6 stopped early
Disease areas
Nervous system; Injuries; Bones, joints and muscles; Cancer; Ear, nose and throat; Eye

US protection

US protection ends in 2030.

US protection ends in 2030, 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 Amgen. 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 Erenumab.

Target

GeneProteinUniProt
CALCRLCalcitonin gene-related peptide type 1 receptorQ16602

Registered trials

PhaseTrialsCompletedActiveStopped early
Phase not stated8140
Phase 19801
Phase 212821
Phase 39612
Phase 415912
All trials53

Who has held its approvals

CompanyRoleYears
AmgenApplicant and Lead sponsor of trials2012 to now
NovartisApplicant and Lead sponsor of trials2018 to now