Cenegermin

Highest phase reached
Drug type
First approval year

First approval year
Listing at source
Listed
Highest phase reached

Drug type
Drug name
Cenegermin

  • oxervate
  • Oxervate

  • cenegermin
  • Cenegermin
  • cenegermin [INN]
  • Cenegermin [WHO-DD]
  • cenegermin bkbj
  • Cenegermin bkbj
  • Cenegermin bkbj [WHO-DD]
  • cenegermin bkbj purple book cder
  • cenegermin bkbj who dd
  • cenegermin inn
  • cenegermin who dd
  • cenegermin-bkbj
  • Cenegermin-bkbj
  • Cenegermin-Bkbj
  • CENEGERMIN-BKBJ [PURPLE BOOK CDER]
  • Oxervate
  • recombinant human nerve growth factor
  • Recombinant human nerve growth factor
  • rhngf
  • rhNGF
  • Rhngf

CAS registry numbers
  • 1772578-74-1
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL4297852
FDA ingredient codes (UNII)
  • B6E7K36KT8

  • S01
  • S01XA24
Sources for recorded values

  • 2104331
  • 2104332

Applicant
DOMPE FARMACEUTICI
Approval date
22 Aug 2018
Application number
BLA761094

Status
Authorised
Status date
6 Jul 2017
Authorisation date
6 Jul 2017
Approved indications
Treatment of moderate (persistent epithelial defect) or severe (corneal ulcer) neurotrophic keratitis in adults
Product number
EMEA/H/C/004209
Authorisation holder
Dompe' Farmaceutici S.p.A.
Priority medicines scheme
No
Generic
No
Biosimilar
No
Generic medicines
0
Biosimilar medicines
0
Advanced therapy
No
Conditional approval
No
Additional monitoring
No
Accelerated assessment
Yes
Exceptional circumstances
No

Therapeutic areas

  • Keratitis
European medicines record

Patents
0
Designations
8
Earliest recorded loss of exclusivity
22 Aug 2025
First in class
Yes
Fast track
Yes
Breakthrough designation
Yes
Orphan designation
Yes
Priority review
Yes
Orphan exclusivity
No
Accelerated approval
No

Pharmacology name
NGF
Type
Peptide
Drug name stem
-ermin
Approval recorded by Guide to Pharmacology
Yes

Administration routes

  • topical

  • Target
    nerve growth factor receptor
    Gene symbol
    NGFR
    Protein identifier
    P08138
    Median affinity
    6
    Affinity units
    pIC50
  • Mechanism
    Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor agonist
    Action type
    Agonist
    Target
    Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor
    Protein identifier
    P04629
  • Mechanism
    Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor agonist
    Action type
    Agonist
    Target
    Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor
    Protein identifier
    Q16288
  • Mechanism
    Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor agonist
    Action type
    Agonist
    Target
    Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor
    Protein identifier
    Q16620
  • Action type
    NONE
    Target
    nerve growth factor receptor
    Gene symbol
    nerve growth factor receptor

Open Targets mechanisms

  • Mechanism
    Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor agonist
    Action type
    Agonist
    Target
    Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor

  • Condition
    Eye Diseases
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0003966
    Subject identifier
    D005128
  • Condition
    Keratitis
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0009449
    Subject identifier
    D007634
  • Condition
    Dry Eye Syndromes
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:1000906
    Subject identifier
    D015352
  • Condition
    Glaucoma
    Highest recorded phase
    1
    Condition identifier
    MONDO:0005041
    Subject identifier
    D005901

  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0003966
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0009449
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_1000906
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0000763
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0001097
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0003085
    Highest recorded phase
    4
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0004577
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0005328
    Highest recorded phase
    4
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0005338
    Highest recorded phase
    1
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0006733
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0019200
    Highest recorded phase
    1
  • Condition identifier
    Orphanet_98671
    Highest recorded phase
    1

  • Event
    abdominal pain
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    15.7938
  • Event
    abnormal sensation in eye
    Reports
    6
    Reporting signal score
    13.8861
  • Event
    anaemia
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    16.183
  • Event
    arthralgia
    Reports
    4
    Reporting signal score
    15.5097
  • Event
    asthenia
    Reports
    5
    Reporting signal score
    13.1015
  • Event
    conjunctivitis bacterial
    Reports
    4
    Reporting signal score
    14.7766
  • Event
    corneal abrasion
    Reports
    5
    Reporting signal score
    14.9963
  • Event
    corneal degeneration
    Reports
    3
    Reporting signal score
    11.154
  • Event
    corneal deposits
    Reports
    35
    Reporting signal score
    174.548
  • Event
    corneal disorder
    Reports
    9
    Reporting signal score
    25.2694
  • Event
    corneal hypertrophy
    Reports
    2
    Reporting signal score
    12.2547
  • Event
    corneal lesion
    Reports
    4
    Reporting signal score
    15.3975
  • Event
    corneal neovascularisation
    Reports
    15
    Reporting signal score
    78.7287
  • Event
    corneal oedema
    Reports
    6
    Reporting signal score
    12.2169
  • Event
    corneal opacity
    Reports
    6
    Reporting signal score
    16.0567
  • Event
    corneal perforation
    Reports
    17
    Reporting signal score
    76.4939
  • Event
    corneal scar
    Reports
    6
    Reporting signal score
    23.0006
  • Event
    corneal thinning
    Reports
    5
    Reporting signal score
    19.9138
  • Event
    corneal toxicity
    Reports
    2
    Reporting signal score
    10.7102
  • Event
    corneal transplant
    Reports
    13
    Reporting signal score
    60.9906
  • Event
    cough
    Reports
    3
    Reporting signal score
    10.3223
  • Event
    depression
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    11.0172
  • Event
    device use issue
    Reports
    17
    Reporting signal score
    44.5007
  • Event
    diarrhoea
    Reports
    9
    Reporting signal score
    23.9227
  • Event
    disease progression
    Reports
    27
    Reporting signal score
    12.2524

And 66 more, listed on the interactive page.

Dose
1 drop
Route
Eye drops
How often
Six times daily at 2-hour intervals for eight weeks

  • Remove contact lenses before use
  • Wait 15 minutes before reinserting contact lenses after application

Prodrug
No
Chirality
Single enantiomer
Inorganic
No
Natural product
No

  • 71981-001
  • 71981-020

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