Target

ACHE

Acetylcholinesterase

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, ACHE (acetylcholinesterase, UniProt P22303) has 23 drugs tested at it and 39 companies on the list, 0 on route A and 9 on route B.

Sources: UniProt, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL, FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, Pharos.

The protein

UniProt
P22303
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
In more than one place
Solved structures
80
Disease areas
Nervous system; Mental health; Heart and blood vessels; Injuries; Cancer; Immune system; Chemically induced; Digestive system
Registered trials of its drugs
484

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed18
Active1
Withdrawn from market2
Status not established2
Total23
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
DonepezilMarketedPhase 4none listed
GalantamineMarketedPhase 4none listed
RivastigmineMarketedPhase 4none listed
NeostigmineMarketedPhase 4none listed
PyridostigmineMarketedPhase 4none listed
Huperzine aActivePhase 4none listed
ItoprideMarketedPhase 4none listed
AcotiamideMarketedPhase 4none listed
PhysostigmineMarketedPhase 4none listed
PralidoximeMarketedPhase 2none listed
EchothiophateMarketedPhase 4none listed
INM-176Status not establishedPhase 3none listed

12 of 23 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route B9
Engaged6
Undetermined24
Total on the list39
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
NovartisRoute B
EisaiRoute B
Alpha CognitionRoute B

The other 36 companies at ACHE

In the product

39 companies in all; 36 are not named here, and no score is.

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