Drug

Romosozumab

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Romosozumab is an antibody: marketed, first approved in 2019 (JP); acts on SOST; US protection ends in 2031.

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

The drug

Status
Marketed; latest approval 2019
Kind
Antibody
Brand name
Evenity
First approved
8 January 2019 (JP)
Approvals on record
5 in 4 regions
Holder of the most recent approval
UCB; 2 holders in all
Registered trials
38, 1 stopped early
Disease areas
Bones, joints and muscles; Nutrition and metabolism; Injuries; Nervous system; Skin and connective tissue; Cancer

US protection

US protection ends in 2031.

US protection ends in 2031, 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

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 Romosozumab.

Target

GeneProteinUniProt
SOSTSclerostinQ9BQB4

Registered trials

PhaseTrialsCompletedActiveStopped early
Phase not stated1010
Phase 19720
Phase 29621
Phase 310820
Phase 49260
All trials38

Who has held its approvals

CompanyRoleYears
AmgenApplicant and Lead sponsor of trials2006 to now
UCBApplicant and Lead sponsor of trials2019 to now