Target

NFE2L2

Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, NFE2L2 (nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, UniProt Q16236) has 4 drugs tested at it and 5 companies on the list, 2 on route A and 1 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
Q16236
How well studied
Chemical tools exist; no approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
Inside the cell
Solved structures
23
Disease areas
Nutrition and metabolism; Pregnancy and women's health; Urinary and reproductive; Hormones; Cancer; Inherited and neonatal; Nervous system; Lungs and airways
Registered trials of its drugs
62

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed1
Active1
Went quiet1
Stopped1
Total4
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
Bardoxolone methylStoppedPhase 3none listed
OmaveloxoloneMarketedPhase 3Ends 2033
OltiprazWent quietPhase 3none listed
VVD-130037ActivePhase 1none listed

4 of 4 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A2
Route B1
Engaged1
Undetermined1
Total on the list5
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
BiogenRoute B
PharmaKingRoute A
HK inno.NRoute A

The other 2 companies at NFE2L2

In the product

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

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