Retifanlimab - Incyte Corporation/MacroGenics
Alternative Names: AEX-1188; INCMGA-0012; INCMGA00012; MGA-012; Retifanlimab-dlwr; ZynyzLatest Information Update: 14 Apr 2026
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
Yes - Anal cancer; Merkel cell carcinoma
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
- No development reported Acute myeloid leukaemia; Adenocarcinoma; Haematological malignancies
Most Recent Events
- 14 Apr 2026 Phase-II clinical trials in Squamous cell cancer (First-line therapy, Recurrent, Monotherapy, Metastatic disease) in Poland, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and South Korea (IV) (NCT05287113)
- 28 Mar 2026 No recent reports of development identified for phase-I development in Adenocarcinoma(Combination therapy, Metastatic disease, Second-line therapy or greater) in USA (IV)
- 28 Mar 2026 No recent reports of development identified for phase-I development in Glioblastoma(Combination therapy, First-line therapy) in USA (IV, Infusion)