Drug

Nemolizumab

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Nemolizumab is an antibody: marketed, first approved in 2022 (JP); acts on IL31RA; US protection ends in 2036.

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

The drug

Status
Marketed; latest approval 2025
Kind
Antibody
Brand name
Nemluvio
First approved
28 March 2022 (JP)
Approvals on record
5 in 3 regions
Holder of the most recent approval
Galderma; 3 holders in all
Registered trials
26, 1 stopped early
Disease areas
Skin and connective tissue; Immune system; Inherited and neonatal; Pregnancy and women's health; Urinary and reproductive; Lungs and airways

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 Galderma. 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

2 companies on route B because of this drug.

Companies on route B for this drug

In the product

2 companies are on route B because of Nemolizumab.

Target

GeneProteinUniProt
IL31RAInterleukin-31 receptor subunit alphaQ8NI17

Registered trials

PhaseTrialsCompletedActiveStopped early
Phase not stated1010
Phase 11100
Phase 212840
Phase 310631
Phase 42020
All trials26

Who has held its approvals

CompanyRoleYears
MaruhoApplicant and Lead sponsor of trials2022 to now
GaldermaApplicant2024 to now
GaldermaApplicant2025 to now