Benfluorex
As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Benfluorex is a small molecule: withdrawn from the market in 2009; acts on SOAT1.
Sources: FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL.
The drug
- Status
- Withdrawn from market, 2009
- Kind
- Small molecule
- Withdrawn from market
- 1 January 2009 (in some regions)
- Registered trials
- 1, 0 stopped early
- Disease areas
- Hormones; Nutrition and metabolism
US protection
No US approval on record.
With no US approval on record there are no listed US patents or exclusivities.
This is the US only.
Target
| Gene | Protein | UniProt |
|---|---|---|
| SOAT1 | Sterol O-acyltransferase 1 | P35610 |
Registered trials
| Phase | Trials | Completed | Active | Stopped early |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All trials | 1 |