Target

VDR

Vitamin D3 receptor

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, VDR (vitamin D3 receptor, UniProt P11473) has 17 drugs tested at it and 26 companies on the list, 6 on route A and 6 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
P11473
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
Inside the cell
Solved structures
52
Disease areas
Nutrition and metabolism; Cancer; Urinary and reproductive; Hormones; Pregnancy and women's health; Bones, joints and muscles; Skin and connective tissue; Immune system
Registered trials of its drugs
1,449

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed10
Went quiet4
Stopped3
Total17
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
CholecalciferolMarketedPhase 4none listed
ErgocalciferolMarketedPhase 4none listed
Vitamin eMarketedPhase 4none listed
CalcitriolMarketedPhase 4none listed
CalcipotrieneMarketedPhase 4none listed
ParicalcitolMarketedPhase 4none listed
Calcifediol anhydrousMarketedPhase 4none listed
AlfacalcidolMarketedPhase 4none listed
DoxercalciferolMarketedPhase 4Ends 2028
PefcalcitolStoppedPhase 3none listed
EldecalcitolMarketedPhase 4none listed
DP001Went quietPhase 2none listed

12 of 17 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A6
Route B6
Engaged3
Undetermined11
Total on the list26
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
AbbVieRoute B
SanofiRoute B
RocheRoute B

The other 23 companies at VDR

In the product

26 companies in all; 23 are not named here, and no score is.

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