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Since 2015, UCB has embarked on a very important change journey:

the Patient Value Strategy

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The evolving COVID-19 pandemic is profoundly impacting our lives, and places tremendous strain on healthcare systems and society at large. Since the start of the crisis, UCB has taken measures to protect our colleagues around the world, to stand by patients, to help our communities and take our part in the global response to the pandemic. We know that it is our responsibility to help where we can make an impact.

 

 

Our Strategic Growth Path Towards 2025


 

Our Key Medicines

We bring solutions to people living with neurological or immunological diseases.

 

More about BIMZELX® (bimekizumab)

Launched in September 2021 in Europe and the U.K., in January 2022 in Japan, in February 2022 in Canada, filing in the U.S.

Indication:
Psoriasis

Loss of Exclusivity (indicative):
2032 in U.S., without patent term extension; 2036 in Europe, 2037 in Japan

BIMZELX® - prescribing information

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More about BRIVIACT® (brivaracetam)

Reaching 190 000 patients globally (Dec 2022)

Indication:
Epilepsy partial-onset seizure, also known as focal seizure

Loss of Exclusivity (indicative):
2026 in Europe & U.S.

Sales:
€ 485 million in 2022

Peak sales guidance:
≥ € 600 million by 2026

BRIVIACT® - prescribing information

 

 

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More about CIMZIA® (certolizumab pegol)

Reaching 180 000 patients globally (Dec 2022)

Indications:
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS); non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA); Crohn's disease (CD); Psoriasis (PSO); Psoriatic arthritis (PsA); Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Loss of Exclusivity (indicative):
2024 in Europe & U.S.
2026 in Japan

Sales:
€ 2 085 million in 2022

Peak sales guidance:
≥ € 2 billion by 2024
achieved in 2022

AS - prescribing information
nr-axSpA - prescribing information
CD - prescribing information
PSO - prescribing information
PsA - prescribing information
RA - prescribing information

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More about EVENITY® (romosozumab)

Reached more than 400 000 patients globally since launch (Dec 2022)

Indication:
Osteoporosis

Loss of Exclusivity (indicative):
2031 in Europe and Japan
2033 in U.S.

Sales:
€ 25 million in 2022 in Europe
Net sales outside Europe reported by Amgen and Astellas

EVENITY® - prescribing information

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More about FINTEPLA® (fenfluramine)

Reaching more than 1 000 patients globally (Dec 2022)

Indications:
Dravet Syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

Loss of Exclusivity (indicative)
2027 in U.S., 2032 in Europe and Japan

Sales:
€ 116 million in 2022

Peak sales:
€ 800 million by 2027

FINTEPLA® - prescribing information

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More about KEPPRA® (levetiracetam)

Reaching more than 1.8 million patients globally (Dec 2022)

Indications:
Epilepsy partial-onset seizures, also known as focal seizures; Epilepsy primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures; Epilepsy myoclonic seizures

Loss of Exclusivity:
U.S. - 2008
Europe - 2010
Japan - 2020

Sales:
€ 729 million in 2022

Peak sales:
€ 1.2 billion (2008)

KEPPRA® - prescribing information

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More about NAYZILAM® (midazolam nasal spray)

Reaching more than 90 000 patients in the U.S. (Dec 2022)

Indication:
Epilepsy seizure clusters

Loss of Exclusivity (indicative):
2028 in U.S.

Sales:
€ 78 million in 2022

NAYZILAM® - prescribing information

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More about NEUPRO® (rotigotine transdermal patch)

Reaching over 340 000 patients globally (Dec 2022)

Indications:
Parkinson's disease (PD); Restless legs syndrome (RLS)

Loss of Exclusivity (indicative):
2021 in Europe & U.S.
2024 in Japan
2030 in Europe & U.S. (several reformulation patents)

Sales:
€ 305 million in 2022

Peak sales:
€ 321 million (2018)

PD - prescribing information
RLS - prescribing information

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More about VIMPAT® (lacosamide)

Reaching more than 600 000 patients globally (Dec 2022)

Indications:
Epilepsy partial-onset seizures, also known as focal seizures; Epilepsy primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures

Loss of Exclusivity:
2022 in Europe & U.S.
2024 in Japan (indicative)

Sales:
€ 1 124 million in 2022

Peak sales guidance:
≥ € 1.5 billion by 2022
achieved in 2021

VIMPAT® - prescribing information

 

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Our Partnerships


 

Our Pipeline

In a challenging environment, our pipeline builds the basis of UCB’s sustainable long-term growth.

We continued to create value for patients, advancing our pipeline of potential solutions for severe diseases, expanding our capabilities by investing in state-of-the-art scientific platforms and medical advances, and further progress on our digital business transformation journey.

 

General information

All medicines must pass safety and efficacy tests if they are to be approved by regulators. This is done through a series of rigorous clinical studies, also referred to as clinical trials, research studies or medical research.

More information is available here.

Clinical studies index

UCB is committed to sharing information on studies and making study results publicly accessible. You will find below links to the clinical studies (Phase 2-4) of our main R&D projects.

More information about our clinical studies index and our position paper are available here.

Molecule
Modality
Therapeutic Area
Indication
Phase
1 2 3 Filing
Information
rozanolixizumab (FcRn inhibitor)
Monoclonal antibody

Rozanolixizumab is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). It has been designed to block the interaction of FcRn and IgG, inhibiting IgG recycling and inducing the removal of pathogenic IgG autoantibodies.

Neurology
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody disease
Topline results H2 2024
Monoclonal antibody

Rozanolixizumab is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). It has been designed to block the interaction of FcRn and IgG, inhibiting IgG recycling and inducing the removal of pathogenic IgG autoantibodies.

Monoclonal antibody

Rozanolixizumab is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). It has been designed to block the interaction of FcRn and IgG, inhibiting IgG recycling and inducing the removal of pathogenic IgG autoantibodies.

Neurology
Autoimmune encephalitis
Topline results H1 2024
Monoclonal antibody

Rozanolixizumab is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). It has been designed to block the interaction of FcRn and IgG, inhibiting IgG recycling and inducing the removal of pathogenic IgG autoantibodies.

Monoclonal antibody

Rozanolixizumab is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). It has been designed to block the interaction of FcRn and IgG, inhibiting IgG recycling and inducing the removal of pathogenic IgG autoantibodies.

Neurology
Severe fibromyalgia syndrome
Topline results H2 2024
Monoclonal antibody

Rozanolixizumab is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). It has been designed to block the interaction of FcRn and IgG, inhibiting IgG recycling and inducing the removal of pathogenic IgG autoantibodies.

fenfluramine (5-HT agonist)
Small molecule

Fenfluramine is an investigational serotonin releasing agent, that has shown to stimulate multiple 5-HT receptor sub-types through the release of serotonin. Fenfluramine may reduce seizures by acting as an agonist at specific serotonin receptors in the brain, including the 5-HT1D, 5-HT2A, and 5-HT2C receptors, and also by acting on the sigma-1 receptor

Neurology
CDKL5 deficiency disorder
Topline results H2 2024
Small molecule

Fenfluramine is an investigational serotonin releasing agent, that has shown to stimulate multiple 5-HT receptor sub-types through the release of serotonin. Fenfluramine may reduce seizures by acting as an agonist at specific serotonin receptors in the brain, including the 5-HT1D, 5-HT2A, and 5-HT2C receptors, and also by acting on the sigma-1 receptor

doxecitine and doxribtimine (MT1621, nucleoside therapy)
Small molecule

MT1621 is an investigational therapy that combines two small molecules, deoxycytidine (dC) and deoxythymidine (dT). It targets the underlying pathophysiology of Thymidine kinase 2 deficiency (TK2d) by restoring mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication fidelity.

Neurology
Thymidine kinase 2 deficiency (TK2d)
Starting submissions in H1 2024
Small molecule

MT1621 is an investigational therapy that combines two small molecules, deoxycytidine (dC) and deoxythymidine (dT). It targets the underlying pathophysiology of Thymidine kinase 2 deficiency (TK2d) by restoring mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication fidelity.

dapirolizumab pegol (anti-CD40L antibody)
Monoclonal antibody

Dapirolizumab pegol is an investigational humanised monovalent pegylated Fab antibody fragment against the CD40 ligand (CD40L). Through interactions with its receptor, CD40, CD40L plays an important role in regulating interactions between T cells and other immune cells and thus affects several important functional events thought to be involved in autoimmune disease.

Dapirolizumab pegol is being co-developed with Biogen.

Immunology
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Topline results H1 2024
Monoclonal antibody

Dapirolizumab pegol is an investigational humanised monovalent pegylated Fab antibody fragment against the CD40 ligand (CD40L). Through interactions with its receptor, CD40, CD40L plays an important role in regulating interactions between T cells and other immune cells and thus affects several important functional events thought to be involved in autoimmune disease.

Dapirolizumab pegol is being co-developed with Biogen.

STACCATO® alprazolam (benzodiazepine)
Small molecule

STACCATO® alprazolam is an investigational drug-device combination using STACCATO® delivery technology with alprazolam, a benzodiazepine, that has the potential to be the first rescue treatment to be administered by a patient or caregiver in an out-patient setting to rapidly terminate (within 90 seconds) an ongoing seizure.

Neurology
Stereotypical prolonged seizures
Topline results H1 2024
Small molecule

STACCATO® alprazolam is an investigational drug-device combination using STACCATO® delivery technology with alprazolam, a benzodiazepine, that has the potential to be the first rescue treatment to be administered by a patient or caregiver in an out-patient setting to rapidly terminate (within 90 seconds) an ongoing seizure.

bepranemab (anti-tau antibody)
Monoclonal antibody

Bepranemab is an investigational recombinant, humanised, full length IgG4 monoclonal anti-tau antibody with specificity for human tau protein.

Bepranemab is being co-developed with Roche/Genentech

Neurology
Alzheimer's disease
Topline results Q4 2024
Monoclonal antibody

Bepranemab is an investigational recombinant, humanised, full length IgG4 monoclonal anti-tau antibody with specificity for human tau protein.

Bepranemab is being co-developed with Roche/Genentech

UCB0599 (α-syn-misfolding inhibitor)
Small molecule

UCB0599 is an investigational small molecule that prevents the pathological misfolding and accumulation of alpha-synuclein, a protein which plays a role in Parkinson’s disease (PD) pathology. Inhibition of alpha-synuclein misfolding has the potential to slow down the progression of PD.

UCB0599 belongs to a series of molecules discovered by Neuropore, which were in-licensed by UCB in 2014.

UCB0599 is being co-developed with Novartis.

Neurology
Parkinson's disease
Topline results Q4 2024
Small molecule

UCB0599 is an investigational small molecule that prevents the pathological misfolding and accumulation of alpha-synuclein, a protein which plays a role in Parkinson’s disease (PD) pathology. Inhibition of alpha-synuclein misfolding has the potential to slow down the progression of PD.

UCB0599 belongs to a series of molecules discovered by Neuropore, which were in-licensed by UCB in 2014.

UCB0599 is being co-developed with Novartis.

UCB9741

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Immunology
Atopic dermatitis

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UCB1381

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Immunology
Atopic dermatitis

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