Drug

Lebrikizumab

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Lebrikizumab is an antibody: marketed, first approved in 2023 (EU); acts on IL13; US protection ends in 2036.

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

The drug

Status
Marketed; latest approval 2024
Kind
Antibody
Brand name
Ebglyss
First approved
16 November 2023 (EU)
Approvals on record
8 in 5 regions
Holder of the most recent approval
Eli Lilly; 2 holders in all
Registered trials
46, 2 stopped early
Disease areas
Immune system; Skin and connective tissue; Inherited and neonatal; Lungs and airways; Blood and lymph; Cancer

US protection

US protection ends in 2036.

US protection ends in 2036, 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 Eli Lilly. 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 Lebrikizumab.

Target

GeneProteinUniProt
IL13Interleukin-13P35225

Registered trials

PhaseTrialsCompletedActiveStopped early
Phase not stated1010
Phase 14400
Phase 2141210
Phase 3241752
Phase 43030
All trials46

Who has held its approvals

CompanyRoleYears
Eli LillyApplicant and Lead sponsor of trials2018 to now
AlmirallApplicant and Lead sponsor of trials2021 to now