Drug

Ripasudil

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Ripasudil is a small molecule: marketed, first approved in 2014 (JP); acts on ROCK1 and ROCK2.

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

The drug

Status
Marketed; latest approval 2014
Kind
Small molecule
Brand name
Glanatec
First approved
26 September 2014 (JP)
Approvals on record
2 in 1 region
Holder of the most recent approval
Kowa
Registered trials
10, 0 stopped early
Disease areas
Eye; Inherited and neonatal

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
ROCK2Rho-associated protein kinase 2O75116
ROCK1Rho-associated protein kinase 1Q13464

Registered trials

PhaseTrialsCompletedActiveStopped early
Phase 11010
Phase 23100
Phase 36330
All trials10

Who has held its approvals

CompanyRoleYears
KowaApplicant2014 to now