Target

ESR1

Estrogen receptor

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, ESR1 (estrogen receptor, UniProt P03372) has 57 drugs tested at it and 78 companies on the list, 7 on route A and 18 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
P03372
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
In more than one place
Solved structures
493
Disease areas
Cancer; Skin and connective tissue; Urinary and reproductive; Pregnancy and women's health; Hormones; Nutrition and metabolism; Mental health; Nervous system
Registered trials of its drugs
1,782

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed31
Active7
Went quiet8
Stopped5
Withdrawn from market2
Status not established4
Total57
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
FulvestrantMarketedPhase 4none listed
TamoxifenMarketedPhase 4none listed
EstradiolMarketedPhase 4Ends 2032
Ethinyl estradiolMarketedPhase 4none listed
ClomipheneMarketedPhase 4none listed
EstrogenActivePhase 4none listed
Estrogens, conjugatedMarketedPhase 4none listed
RaloxifeneMarketedPhase 4none listed
Estradiol valerateMarketedPhase 4none listed
ElacestrantMarketedPhase 3Ends 2038
ToremifeneMarketedPhase 4none listed
BazedoxifeneMarketedPhase 4Ends 2027

12 of 57 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A7
Route B18
Engaged37
Undetermined16
Total on the list78
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
SanofiRoute B
ShionogiRoute B
BoironRoute B

The other 75 companies at ESR1

In the product

78 companies in all; 75 are not named here, and no score is.

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