Drug

Satralizumab

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Satralizumab is an antibody: marketed, first approved in 2020 (CA); acts on IL6R and IL6ST; US protection ends in 2032.

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

The drug

Status
Marketed; latest approval 2021
Kind
Antibody
Brand name
Enspryng
First approved
1 June 2020 (CA)
Approvals on record
6 in 5 regions
Holder of the most recent approval
Roche; 5 holders in all
Registered trials
17, 3 stopped early
Disease areas
Immune system; Nervous system; Eye; Inherited and neonatal; Hormones; Bones, joints and muscles

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 Roche. 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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Targets

GeneProteinUniProt
IL6RInterleukin-6 receptor subunit alphaP08887
IL6STInterleukin-6 receptor subunit betaP40189

Registered trials

PhaseTrialsCompletedActiveStopped early
Phase not stated2020
Phase 11001
Phase 23120
Phase 39531
Phase 42011
All trials17

Who has held its approvals

CompanyRoleYears
RocheApplicant and Lead sponsor of trials2014 to now