Alemtuzumab - Bayer/Sanofi/University of Cambridge
Alternative Names: Anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody; Campath; Campath-1H; LDP-03; Lemtrada; MabCampath; MabKampat; RemniqLatest Information Update: 19 Dec 2025
At a glance
- Originator University of Cambridge
- Developer Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; German CLL Study Group; Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center; Sanofi; Sanofi Oncology; University of California; University of Cologne
- Class Antineoplastics; Immunotherapies; Monoclonal antibodies
- Mechanism of Action Antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Multiple sclerosis
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Multiple sclerosis
- Phase II T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia
- Phase I/II Precursor cell lymphoblastic leukaemia-lymphoma
- No development reported Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Graft-versus-host disease; Lymphoma; Sezary syndrome; T-cell lymphoma
- Discontinued Rheumatoid arthritis
Most Recent Events
- 20 Nov 2025 Sanofi terminates a phase III trial in Multiple sclerosis (In children, In adolescents) in Spain, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom (IV) due to recruitment challenges (NCT03368664)
- 29 Nov 2022 Phase-III development in Multiple sclerosis (In adolescents, In children) is ongoing in Belgium and Netherlands (IV) (NCT03368664)
- 13 Oct 2021 Updated efficacy and safety data from the phase III CARE-MS 1 follow-up TOPAZ trial in Multiple sclerosis presented at the 37th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS-2021)