Ramucirumab - Eli Lilly and Company
Alternative Names: Anti-flk-1 monoclonal antibody - ImClone; Anti-KDR monoclonal antibody - ImClone; Anti-VEGFR 2 monoclonal antibody - ImClone; Cyramza; IMC-1121; IMC-1121-B; IMC-1C11 - ImClone; LY-3009806; Ramcilumab; ramsilmab; Ramsilomab; Ramsylmab; Ramsylumab; Sairamza; SilamzaLatest Information Update: 16 Sep 2025
At a glance
- Originator Dyax
- Developer AstraZeneca; Basilea Pharmaceutica; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Eli Lilly; Eli Lilly and Company; Merck Sharp & Dohme; University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Washington University School of Medicine
- Class Antineoplastics; Immunotherapies; Monoclonal antibodies
- Mechanism of Action Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 antagonists
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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 Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Cancer; Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer; Liver cancer; Non-small cell lung cancer
- Phase III Oesophageal cancer; Urogenital cancer
- Phase II Biliary cancer; Carcinoid tumour; Solid tumours; Synovial sarcoma
- Phase I/II Adenocarcinoma; Head and neck cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Soft tissue sarcoma
- No development reported Breast cancer; Malignant melanoma; Ovarian cancer; Prostate cancer; Renal cell carcinoma
Most Recent Events
- 19 Jun 2025 Launched for Cancer in Denmark (IV)
- 30 May 2025 Efficacy and adverse event data from the phase II CAMPFIRE trial in Soft tissue sarcoma and Synovial sarcoma is presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO-2025)
- 18 Dec 2024 Launched for Gastric cancer in Hong Kong (IV)