Retifanlimab - Incyte Corporation/MacroGenics
Alternative Names: AEX-1188; INCMGA-0012; INCMGA00012; MGA-012; Retifanlimab-dlwr; ZynyzLatest Information Update: 08 Oct 2025
At a glance
- Originator MacroGenics
- Developer BriaCell Therapeutics Corp; Incyte Corporation; MacroGenics; University of Washington; ZAI Lab
- Class Antineoplastics; Immunotherapies; Monoclonal antibodies
- Mechanism of Action Antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity; Programmed cell death 1 receptor antagonists; T lymphocyte stimulants
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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 Merkel cell carcinoma; Squamous cell cancer
- Phase III Breast cancer; Endometrial cancer; Non-small cell lung cancer
- Phase II Adenosquamous carcinoma; Bladder cancer; Gastric cancer; Glioblastoma; Glioma; Head and neck cancer; Liposarcoma; Oesophageal cancer; Penile cancer; Sarcoma; Solid tumours; Triple negative breast cancer
- Phase I/II Colorectal cancer; Malignant melanoma; Soft tissue sarcoma
- Phase I Adenocarcinoma
- No development reported Acute myeloid leukaemia; Haematological malignancies
Most Recent Events
- 02 Sep 2025 Incyte Corporation terminates a phase I trial in Solid tumours (Combination therapy, Monotherapy, Late-stage disease, Second-line therapy or greater) in Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, United Kingdom and USA (Parenteral), due to a strategic business decision (NCT04989387)
- 12 Jun 2025 Preregistration for Squamous cell cancer (Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease, Second-line therapy or greater) in European Union (IV)
- 12 Jun 2025 Updated efficacy and adverse events data from a phase III POD1UM-303/InterAACT2 trial in Squamous cell cancer released by Incyte Corporation