Target

HTR4

5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 4

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, HTR4 (5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 4, UniProt Q13639) has 18 drugs tested at it and 21 companies on the list, 12 on route A and 1 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
Q13639
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
At a membrane
Solved structures
3
Disease areas
Digestive system; Mental health; Hormones; Nervous system; Nutrition and metabolism; Cancer; Heart and blood vessels; Chemically induced
Registered trials of its drugs
129

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed4
Active2
Went quiet6
Stopped4
Withdrawn from market2
Total18
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
PrucaloprideMarketedPhase 4Ends 2028
TegaserodWithdrawn from marketPhase 4none listed
MosaprideActivePhase 4none listed
FelcisetragStoppedPhase 2none listed
PF-04995274StoppedPhase 1none listed
VelusetragActivePhase 2none listed
CisaprideWithdrawn from marketPhase 4none listed
NaronaprideStoppedPhase 2none listed
PRX-03140Went quietPhase 2none listed
LevosulpirideMarketedPhase 3none listed
RevexeprideWent quietPhase 2none listed
PiboserodWent quietPhase 2none listed

12 of 18 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A12
Route B1
Engaged5
Undetermined3
Total on the list21
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
NovartisRoute A
TakedaRoute B
PfizerRoute A

The other 18 companies at HTR4

In the product

21 companies in all; 18 are not named here, and no score is.

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