Penpulimab
As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Penpulimab is an antibody: marketed, first approved in 2025 (US); acts on PDCD1; US protection ends in 2037.
Sources: FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL.
The drug
- Status
- Marketed; latest approval 2025
- Kind
- Antibody
- First approved
- 23 April 2025 (US)
- Approvals on record
- 1 in 1 region
- Holder of the most recent approval
- Akeso
- Registered trials
- 69, 4 stopped early
- Disease areas
- Cancer; Digestive system; Lungs and airways; Blood and lymph; Immune system; Ear, nose and throat
US protection
US protection ends in 2037.
US protection ends in 2037, 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 Akeso. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PDCD1 | Programmed cell death protein 1 | Q15116 |
Registered trials
| Phase | Trials | Completed | Active | Stopped early |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase not stated | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phase 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Phase 2 | 44 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
| Phase 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Phase 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All trials | 69 |
Who has held its approvals
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Akeso | Originator and Lead sponsor of trials | 2018 to now |