Target

RARA

Retinoic acid receptor alpha

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, RARA (retinoic acid receptor alpha, UniProt P10276) has 11 drugs tested at it and 21 companies on the list, 0 on route A and 6 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
P10276
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
Inside the cell
Solved structures
14
Disease areas
Cancer; Skin and connective tissue; Blood and lymph; Immune system; Urinary and reproductive; Infections; Lungs and airways; Digestive system
Registered trials of its drugs
429

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed6
Active1
Stopped2
Withdrawn from market1
Status not established1
Total11
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
TretinoinMarketedPhase 4none listed
IsotretinoinMarketedPhase 4none listed
AdapaleneMarketedPhase 4none listed
TazaroteneMarketedPhase 4none listed
AcitretinMarketedPhase 4none listed
AlitretinoinMarketedPhase 3none listed
TamibaroteneStoppedPhase 3none listed
NRX195183StoppedPhase 2none listed
TMB-001Status not establishedPhase 3none listed
YCT-529ActivePhase 2none listed
EtretinateWithdrawn from marketNo phase statednone listed

11 of 11 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route B6
Engaged7
Undetermined8
Total on the list21
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
AbbVieRoute B
GaldermaRoute B
GaldermaRoute B

The other 18 companies at RARA

In the product

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

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