Target

DPP4

Dipeptidyl peptidase 4

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, DPP4 (dipeptidyl peptidase 4, UniProt P27487) has 22 drugs tested at it and 31 companies on the list, 7 on route A and 7 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
P27487
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
In more than one place
Solved structures
120
Disease areas
Nutrition and metabolism; Hormones; Pregnancy and women's health; Urinary and reproductive; Heart and blood vessels; Digestive system; Immune system; Cancer
Registered trials of its drugs
928

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed10
Active5
Went quiet5
Stopped2
Total22
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
SitagliptinMarketedPhase 4Ends 2026
VildagliptinMarketedPhase 4none listed
LinagliptinMarketedPhase 4Ends 2026
Saxagliptin anhydrousMarketedPhase 4Ends 2027
AlogliptinMarketedPhase 4Ends 2028
GemigliptinActivePhase 4none listed
EvogliptinMarketedPhase 4none listed
TeneligliptinMarketedPhase 4none listed
TrelagliptinMarketedPhase 4none listed
OmarigliptinMarketedPhase 4none listed
RetagliptinActivePhase 3none listed
DBPR-108ActivePhase 3none listed

12 of 22 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A7
Route B7
Engaged8
Undetermined9
Total on the list31
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
NovartisRoute B
Boehringer IngelheimRoute B
AstraZenecaRoute B

The other 28 companies at DPP4

In the product

31 companies in all; 28 are not named here, and no score is.

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