Target

IL23A

Interleukin-23 subunit alpha

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, IL23A (interleukin-23 subunit alpha, UniProt Q9NPF7) has 9 drugs tested at it and 12 companies on the list, 1 on route A and 4 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
Q9NPF7
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
Secreted
Solved structures
15
Disease areas
Skin and connective tissue; Digestive system; Bones, joints and muscles; Immune system; Inherited and neonatal; Infections; Cancer; Heart and blood vessels
Registered trials of its drugs
271

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed4
Active2
Stopped2
Status not established1
Total9
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
GuselkumabMarketedPhase 4Ends 2029
RisankizumabMarketedPhase 4Ends 2031
MirikizumabMarketedPhase 4Ends 2035
TildrakizumabMarketedPhase 4Ends 2030
BrazikumabStoppedPhase 3none listed
IBI112ActivePhase 3none listed
GNR-068ActivePhase 3none listed
AVT04Status not establishedPhase 3none listed
LY2525623StoppedPhase 2none listed

9 of 9 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A1
Route B4
Engaged5
Undetermined2
Total on the list12
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
Eli LillyRoute B
AbbVieRoute B
AstraZenecaRoute A

The other 9 companies at IL23A

In the product

12 companies in all; 9 are not named here, and no score is.

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