Drug

Verosudil

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Verosudil is a small molecule: went quiet in 2014; acts on ROCK1 and ROCK2.

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

The drug

Status
Went quiet, 2014
Kind
Small molecule
Registered trials
10, 0 stopped early
Disease areas
Eye

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

2 company-target rows on route B and 2 company-target rows on route A because of this drug.

Companies on route B for this drug

In the product

2 company-target rows are on route B because of Verosudil.

Companies on route A for this drug

In the product

2 company-target rows are on route A because of Verosudil.

Targets

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

Registered trials

PhaseTrialsCompletedActiveStopped early
Phase 11100
Phase 29800
All trials10

Who ran its trials

CompanyRoleYears
AlconLead sponsor of trials2009 to now
Robert Ritch MDLead sponsor of trials2013 to now