Company

Qlt

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Qlt runs 9 drugs, 6 of them marketed; it is on route A at 1 target and on route B at 0 targets.

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov, FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers, company records.

Family history

Qlt was renamed in 2016.

The records place 2 company names in this family.

  • Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: acquired in 2016; successor QLT Inc.
  • QLT Inc.: renamed in 2016

Drugs by status

StatusCount
Marketed6
Went quiet2
Stopped1
Total9

Marketed drugs and when their US protection ends

DrugUS protectionRoute B rows
LeuprolideEnded 2026 (exclusivity)1
Dapsonenone listed0
Verteporfinnone listed0
MetreleptinEnded 2026 (computed from the first US licence)0
Porfimer sodiumnone listed0
LomitapideEnds 2029 (exclusivity)1

A route B row is one company at one target.

Where it needs a new molecule

Route A at 1 target, route B at 0 targets.

Three of its 1 rows, by target and route
TargetRoute
ABCB1 ATP-dependent translocase ABCB1Route A

All 1 row on route A or B

In the product

1 company-target row on route A or B; 0 are not shown here, and no score is.

Where its trials are

  • Inherited and neonatal: 9 trials led
  • Nutrition and metabolism: 8 trials led
  • Eye: 3 trials led