Target

DRD4

Dopamine receptor D4

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, DRD4 (dopamine receptor D4, UniProt P21917) has 25 drugs tested at it and 31 companies on the list, 4 on route A and 9 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
P21917
How well studied
Chemical tools exist; no approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
At a membrane
Solved structures
2
Disease areas
Mental health; Nervous system; Nutrition and metabolism; Cancer; Chemically induced; Hormones; Blood and lymph; Heart and blood vessels
Registered trials of its drugs
715

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed18
Active1
Stopped3
Withdrawn from market2
Status not established1
Total25
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
OlanzapineMarketedPhase 4none listed
PramipexoleMarketedPhase 4none listed
RotigotineMarketedPhase 4none listed
HaloperidolMarketedPhase 4none listed
RopiniroleMarketedPhase 4none listed
ApomorphineMarketedPhase 4none listed
BromocriptineMarketedPhase 4none listed
LoxapineMarketedPhase 4none listed
DexpramipexoleStoppedPhase 3none listed
DroperidolMarketedPhase 4none listed
ChlorpromazineMarketedPhase 4none listed
PergolideWithdrawn from marketPhase 4none listed

12 of 25 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A4
Route B9
Engaged5
Undetermined13
Total on the list31
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
PfizerRoute B
NovartisRoute B
Eli LillyRoute B

The other 28 companies at DRD4

In the product

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

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