Rintatolimod - AIM ImmunoTech
Alternative Names: AMP-516; AMP-518; Ampligen; Atvogen; Mismatched double-stranded RNA - AIM ImmunoTech; Poly I:Poly C12U; Poly I:polyC12U; poly(I) poly(C12,U); Rintamod; Vaccine-adjuvant-poly-I-polyC12U; Vaccine-adjuvant-rintatolimodLatest Information Update: 01 Oct 2025
At a glance
- Originator Hemispherx Biopharma
 - Developer AIM ImmunoTech; Centre for Human Drug Research; Erasmus MC; National Cancer Institute (USA); Roswell Park Cancer Institute; United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases; University of Pittsburgh
 - Class Adjuvants; Antineoplastics; Antiretrovirals; Antivirals; Oligonucleotides
 - Mechanism of Action HIV replication inhibitors; Immunostimulants; Interferon stimulants; Ribonuclease stimulants; RNA synthesis inhibitors; Toll-like receptor 3 agonists; VP35 protein inhibitors
 
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              Orphan Drug Status
              Yes - Renal cell carcinoma; Pancreatic cancer; Ebola virus infections; Chronic fatigue syndrome; HIV infections; Malignant melanoma
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
 - New Molecular Entity Yes
 - Available For Licensing Yes
 
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Chronic fatigue syndrome; HIV infections; Malignant melanoma; Renal cell carcinoma
 - Phase II Colorectal cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Post acute COVID 19 syndrome; Triple negative breast cancer
 - Phase I/II Adenocarcinoma; COVID 2019 infections; Influenza virus infections; Ovarian cancer; Peritoneal cancer
 - Suspended Prostate cancer
 - No development reported Ebola virus infections; Hepatitis B; Influenza A virus infections
 - Discontinued Smallpox; West Nile virus infections; Western equine encephalitis virus infections; Zika virus infection
 
Most Recent Events
- 25 Sep 2025 AIM ImmunoTech has patent protection for Rintatolimod in Cancer in Japan
 - 28 Jul 2025 Updated adverse events and efficacy data from a phase Ib/II DURIPANC trial in Adenocarcinoma released by AIM ImmunoTech
 - 19 Jun 2025 Roswell Park Cancer Institute, AIM ImmunoTech, National Cancer Institute and University of Pittsburgh terminates a phase I/II trial in Ovarian cancer (Combination therapy, Neoadjuvant therapy, Second-line therapy or greater, Recurrent, Late-stage disease) in USA (Intraperitoneal), due to lack of funding (NCT02432378)