Bemcentinib - BerGenBio/Rigel Pharmaceuticals
Alternative Names: BGB 324; BGB-3234; R-428Latest Information Update: 08 Sep 2025
At a glance
- Originator Rigel Pharmaceuticals
- Developer BerGenBio; Haukeland University Hospital; Merck Sharp & Dohme; Oslo University Hospital; University of Leicester; University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Class Antifibrotics; Antineoplastics; Antivirals; Benzocycloheptenes; Cycloheptanes; Hepatoprotectants; Pyridazines; Pyrrolidines; Small molecules; Triazoles
- Mechanism of Action Axl receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors; Virus internalisation inhibitors
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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
- Phase II/III COVID 2019 infections
- Phase II Acute myeloid leukaemia; Malignant melanoma; Malignant-mesothelioma; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Non-small cell lung cancer; Triple negative breast cancer
- Phase I/II Adenocarcinoma; Glioblastoma; Pancreatic cancer
- Preclinical Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Influenza virus infections; Respiratory syncytial virus infections; Rhinovirus infections
- No development reported Chronic myeloid leukaemia; Ebola virus infections; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; Solid tumours; Zika virus infection
Most Recent Events
- 08 Sep 2025 Phase-II clinical trials in COVID-2019 infections in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Slovakia, Spain (PO) (CTIS2022-500363-12-00)
- 09 May 2025 BerGenBio ASA terminates a phase I/II trial in Non-small cell lung cancer (Combination therapy, First-line therapy, Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease) in United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, France, Poland, USA, Hungary, Spain (PO) due to lack of efficacy (NCT05469178)
- 25 Apr 2025 Pharmacodynamics data from preclinical studies in Non small cell cancer presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR-2025)