Target

CA2

Carbonic anhydrase 2

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, CA2 (carbonic anhydrase 2, UniProt P00918) has 7 drugs tested at it and 16 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
P00918
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
In more than one place
Solved structures
1,259
Disease areas
Nervous system; Eye; Mental health; Nutrition and metabolism; Heart and blood vessels; Chemically induced; Lungs and airways; Hormones
Registered trials of its drugs
387

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed7
Total7
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
TopiramateMarketedPhase 4none listed
AcetazolamideMarketedPhase 4none listed
BrinzolamideMarketedPhase 4none listed
DorzolamideMarketedPhase 4none listed
MethazolamideMarketedPhase 4none listed
PolmacoxibMarketedPhase 3none listed
DichlorphenamideMarketedPhase 3none listed

7 of 7 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route B9
Engaged3
Undetermined4
Total on the list16
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
Merck & Co.Route B
NovartisRoute B
PfizerRoute B

The other 13 companies at CA2

In the product

16 companies in all; 13 are not named here, and no score is.

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