Target

KCNK2

Potassium channel subfamily K member 2

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, KCNK2 (potassium channel subfamily K member 2, UniProt O95069) has 5 drugs tested at it and 4 companies on the list, 0 on route A and 2 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
O95069
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
In more than one place
Solved structures
1
Disease areas
Nervous system; Heart and blood vessels; Mental health; Cancer; Lungs and airways; Urinary and reproductive; Digestive system; Pregnancy and women's health
Registered trials of its drugs
385

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed5
Total5
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
SevofluraneMarketedPhase 4none listed
DesfluraneMarketedPhase 4none listed
IsofluraneMarketedPhase 4none listed
EnfluraneMarketedNo phase statednone listed
HalothaneMarketedNo phase statednone listed

5 of 5 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route B2
Undetermined2
Total on the list4
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
AbbVieRoute B
Baxter HealthcareRoute B

The other 2 companies at KCNK2

In the product

4 companies in all; 2 are not named here, and no score is.

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