Pegargiminase - Polaris Pharmaceuticals
Alternative Names: ADI-PEG; ADI-PEG 20; ADI-SS PEG; ADZODI; Arginine deiminase pegylated; Arginine deiminase-PEG; Hepacid; Melanocid; PEG arginine deiminase; Pegylated arginine deiminase - Polaris GroupLatest Information Update: 09 Jul 2025
At a glance
- Originator Phoenix Pharmacologics
- Developer Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Polaris Pharmaceuticals; University of Miami; Washington University School of Medicine
- Class Antineoplastics; Hepatoprotectants; Hydrolases; Polyethylene glycols; Proteins; Radiosensitisers
- Mechanism of Action Arginine deiminase replacements
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity No
- Available For Licensing Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Preregistration Malignant-mesothelioma
- Phase III Leiomyosarcoma; Liver cancer; Soft tissue sarcoma
- Phase II/III Glioblastoma
- Phase II Acute myeloid leukaemia; Malignant melanoma; Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Small cell lung cancer
- No development reported Bladder cancer; Breast cancer; Cancer; Gastrointestinal cancer; Head and neck cancer; Lymphoma; Non-small cell lung cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Prostate cancer; Renal cell carcinoma; Sarcoma; Solid tumours; Uveal melanoma; Viral infections
Most Recent Events
- 09 Jun 2025 Polaris completes submission of rolling BLA for Malignant mesothelioma (Combination therapy, First-line therapy, Inoperable/Unresectable, Late-stage disease) in USA (IM)
- 30 May 2025 Pharmacodynamics data from preclinical studies in Uveal melanoma presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO-2025)
- 28 May 2025 No recent reports of development identified for phase-I development in Acute-myeloid-leukaemia(Combination therapy, First-line therapy) in USA