Target

KCNK9

Potassium channel subfamily K member 9

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, KCNK9 (potassium channel subfamily K member 9, UniProt Q9NPC2) has 7 drugs tested at it and 7 companies on the list, 0 on route A and 3 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
Q9NPC2
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
In more than one place
Solved structures
23
Disease areas
Nervous system; Heart and blood vessels; Mental health; Lungs and airways; Cancer; Urinary and reproductive; Digestive system; Pregnancy and women's health
Registered trials of its drugs
395

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed6
Status not established1
Total7
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
SevofluraneMarketedPhase 4none listed
DesfluraneMarketedPhase 4none listed
IsofluraneMarketedPhase 4none listed
DoxapramMarketedPhase 4none listed
BAY2586116Status not establishedPhase 2none listed
EnfluraneMarketedNo phase statednone listed
HalothaneMarketedNo phase statednone listed

7 of 7 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route B3
Undetermined4
Total on the list7
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
AbbVieRoute B
Kissei PharmaceuticalRoute B
Baxter HealthcareRoute B

The other 4 companies at KCNK9

In the product

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

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