Target

CHRM4

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, CHRM4 (muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4, UniProt P08173) has 8 drugs tested at it and 23 companies on the list, 2 on route A and 3 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
P08173
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
At a membrane
Solved structures
39
Disease areas
Lungs and airways; Mental health; Skin and connective tissue; Nervous system; Immune system; Digestive system; Infections; Pregnancy and women's health
Registered trials of its drugs
218

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed3
Active1
Went quiet3
Withdrawn from market1
Total8
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
GlycopyrroniumMarketedPhase 4none listed
XanomelineMarketedPhase 4none listed
EmraclidineActivePhase 2none listed
DarotropiumWent quietPhase 2none listed
SofpironiumMarketedPhase 3Ends 2040
PT010Went quietPhase 1none listed
AfacifenacinWent quietPhase 2none listed
TerodilineWithdrawn from marketNo phase statednone listed

8 of 8 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A2
Route B3
Engaged15
Undetermined3
Total on the list23
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
Botanix SbRoute B
GSKRoute A
AstraZenecaRoute B

The other 20 companies at CHRM4

In the product

23 companies in all; 20 are not named here, and no score is.

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