Drug

Lercanidipine

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Lercanidipine is a small molecule: marketed, first approved in 1998 (ES); acts on CACNA1C, CACNA1D and CACNA1F and 1 more.

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

The drug

Status
Marketed; latest approval 2004
Kind
Small molecule
Brand name
Zanidip
First approved
1 June 1998 (ES)
Approvals on record
3 in 3 regions
Holder of the most recent approval
Recordati; 3 holders in all
Registered trials
9, 1 stopped early
Disease areas
Heart and blood vessels; Nutrition and metabolism; Pregnancy and women's health; Urinary and reproductive

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.

Targets

GeneProteinUniProt
CACNA1FVoltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1FO60840
CACNA1DVoltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1DQ01668
CACNA1SVoltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1SQ13698
CACNA1CVoltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1CQ13936

Registered trials

PhaseTrialsCompletedActiveStopped early
Phase not stated4121
Phase 22200
Phase 31100
Phase 42200
All trials9

Who has held its approvals

CompanyRoleYears
RecordatiApplicant and Lead sponsor of trials2004 to now