Target

ESR2

Estrogen receptor beta

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, ESR2 (estrogen receptor beta, UniProt Q92731) has 27 drugs tested at it and 27 companies on the list, 5 on route A and 6 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
Q92731
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
Inside the cell
Solved structures
39
Disease areas
Cancer; Urinary and reproductive; Pregnancy and women's health; Skin and connective tissue; Digestive system; Nutrition and metabolism; Bones, joints and muscles; Mental health
Registered trials of its drugs
357

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed14
Active3
Went quiet3
Stopped5
Withdrawn from market2
Total27
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
EstrogenActivePhase 4none listed
Estrogens, conjugatedMarketedPhase 4none listed
ChlorotrianiseneMarketedPhase 3none listed
Estramustine phosphateMarketedPhase 3none listed
ToremifeneMarketedPhase 4none listed
BazedoxifeneMarketedPhase 4Ends 2027
Estetrol anhydrousMarketedPhase 4none listed
EstramustineMarketedPhase 3none listed
EstriolMarketedPhase 3none listed
ArzoxifeneWent quietPhase 4none listed
AUS-131ActivePhase 2none listed
LasofoxifeneWithdrawn from marketPhase 3none listed

12 of 27 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A5
Route B6
Engaged5
Undetermined11
Total on the list27
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
Merck & Co.Route A
TevaRoute B
DuchesnayRoute B

The other 24 companies at ESR2

In the product

27 companies in all; 24 are not named here, and no score is.

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