TABLE 1

ADC drugs approved by FDA (up to March 2022)

Brand NameADC NameIndicationTargetLinkerPayloadCompanyLaunch Year
1MylotargGemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO)1. Newly-diagnosed CD33+ acute myeloid leukemia
2. Relapsed or refractory CD33+ acute myeloid leukemia
CD33Cleavable
Hydrozone linker
CalicheamicinPfizer2000
Relaunched in 2017
2AdcetrisBrentuximab vedotin (SGN-35)Hodgkin lymphoma, large cell lymphoma, T-cell lymphomasCD30Cleavable
Valine-citrulline linker
MMAESeattle Genetics/ Takeda2011
3KadcylaTrastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1)HER2+ breast cancerHER2Noncleavable
Thioether linker
DM1Roche2013
4BesponsaInotuzumab ozogamicinRelapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemiaCD22Cleavable
Hydrozone linker
CalicheamicinPfizer2017
5LumoxitiMoxetumomab pasudotoxRelapsed or refractory hairy cell leukemiaCD22Fusion protein (antibody and payload)Pseudomonas exotoxinAstraZeneca2018
6PolivyPolatuzumab vedotinRelapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphomaCD79bCleavable
Valine-citrulline linker
MMAERoche2019
7PadcevEnfortumab vedotinAdvanced or metastatic urothelial cancerNectin-4Cleavable
Maleimidocaproyl valine-citrulline linker
MMAESeattle Genetics/ Astellas2019
8EnhertuFam-trastuzumab deruxtecan
(DS-8201)
1. Metastatic breast cancer
2. Locally advanced or metastatic gastric cancer
HER2Cleavable
Maleimide tetrapeptide linker
DxdAstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo2019
9TrodelvySacituzumab govitecan1. Locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer
2. Locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer
Trop-2Cleavable
Carbonate linker
SN-38Immunomedics2020
10BlenrepBelantamab mafodotinRelapsed or refractory multiple myelomaBCMANoncleavable
Maleimidocaproyl linker
MMAFGlaxoSmithKline2020
11ZynlontaLoncastuximab tesirine-lpylRelapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphomaCD19Cleavable
Valine-alanine linker
Pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) dimerADC Therapeutics2021
12TivdakTisotumab vedotin-tftvRecurrent or metastatic cervical cancerTissue factorCleavable
Valine-citrulline linker
MMAESeagen2021