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Prescription medicine

Navepegritide Brand names: Yuviwel

Navepegritide (Yuviwel) is a prescription medicine with an FDA approval on record since 2026. No generic is listed in FDA's NDC Directory.

  • No generic listed

Check it at the source: the navepegritide FDA label on DailyMed (effective March 25, 2026, Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology, Inc.); the NDA 219164 record on Drugs@FDA; every navepegritide label on DailyMed.

Highlights of the record

FDA label of March 25, 2026; NDC Directory, Drugs@FDA and Orange Book, October 8, 2026

Used for

From the label: indications and usage

YUVIWEL ® is indicated to increase linear growth in pediatric patients 2 years of age and older with achondroplasia with open epiphyses.

Forms and strengths

Kit.

On the market

Earliest approval on file
February 27, 2026 Yuviwel, Ascendis; Drugs@FDA’s file, where older or withdrawn approvals can be missing
Generic approvals
No generic approved
Labelers listed (NDC)
1 of which 0 under generic applications, 1 under brand applications, repackagers included
Last listed patent
November 12, 2042 Yuviwel injection; not a generic launch date

Supply and safety

Pharmacy cost (NADAC)
Not in the survey
Shortage (FDA)
No current entry
Recalls by its makers (FDA)
No recall recorded
FAERS reports
2 through July 30, 2026

What is navepegritide used for?

From the label: indications and usage

YUVIWEL ® is indicated to increase linear growth in pediatric patients 2 years of age and older with achondroplasia with open epiphyses. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on an improvement in annualized growth velocity [see Clinical Studies (14) ]. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory trial(s). YUVIWEL is a C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) analog indicated to increase linear growth in pediatric patients 2 years of age and older with achondroplasia with open epiphyses. […]

Source: FDA drug label (Yuviwel), Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology, Inc., effective March 25, 2026 (SPL set e01c1197-338f-414c-b804-808e129ebc8c), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

Is there a generic for navepegritide (Yuviwel)?

No generic navepegritide is approved (Drugs@FDA, October 8, 2026).

The Orange Book lists 12 patents for Yuviwel injection: the compound patent runs to January 5, 2037, and the last listed entry to November 12, 2042. A patent or exclusivity date is not the date a generic goes on sale: court cases and settlements move it either way.

  • 2026 earliest approval on file
  • 2042 last listed patent

Source: Drugs@FDA, FDA NDC Directory and the Orange Book (openFDA bulk files, October 8, 2026)

What do FAERS reports show for navepegritide?

The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System holds 2 reports that list navepegritide among the medicines taken, through July 30, 2026, each a report of something that happened, not proof the medicine caused it; 0 are coded as a death and 0 as a hospital stay. Counts follow how widely a medicine is used and watched, and they are not a measure of how risky it is.

The most reported reactions

  • Device Difficult To Use1
  • Injection Site Reaction (named in the label)1
  • Product Administration Error1

Source: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA, reports through July 30, 2026

What next?

Navepegritide side effects
the label's list beside FAERS reports
Check an interaction
what two or more labels say about each other