Drug

MK-6592

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, MK-6592 is a small molecule: stopped in 2007; acts on AURKA, AURKB and AURKC.

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

The drug

Status
Stopped, 2007
Kind
Small molecule
Registered trials
1, 1 stopped early

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.

Companies that need a new molecule because of this drug

3 company-target rows on route A because of this drug.

Companies on route A for this drug

In the product

3 company-target rows are on route A because of MK-6592.

Targets

GeneProteinUniProt
AURKAAurora kinase AO14965
AURKBAurora kinase BQ96GD4
AURKCAurora kinase CQ9UQB9

Registered trials

PhaseTrialsCompletedActiveStopped early
Phase 11001
All trials1

Who ran its trials

CompanyRoleYears
Merck & Co.Lead sponsor of trials2006 to now