Inebilizumab
As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Inebilizumab is an antibody: marketed, first approved in 2020 (US); acts on CD19; US protection ends in 2032.
Sources: FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL.
The drug
- Status
- Marketed; latest approval 2024
- Kind
- Antibody
- Brand name
- Uplizna
- First approved
- 11 June 2020 (US)
- Approvals on record
- 7 in 5 regions
- Holder of the most recent approval
- Amgen; 5 holders in all
- Registered trials
- 27, 2 stopped early
- Disease areas
- Immune system; Nervous system; Cancer; Eye; Blood and lymph; Skin and connective tissue
US protection
US protection ends in 2032.
US protection ends in 2032, 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
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Target
| Gene | Protein | UniProt |
|---|---|---|
| CD19 | B-lymphocyte antigen CD19 | P15391 |
Registered trials
| Phase | Trials | Completed | Active | Stopped early |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase not stated | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Phase 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Phase 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Phase 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Phase 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| All trials | 27 |
Who has held its approvals
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | Originator, Applicant and Lead sponsor of trials | 2020 to now |
| Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma | Applicant | 2021 to now |
| Tanabe Pharma | Later holder and Lead sponsor of trials | 2022 to now |