Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism
The experimentally established mechanism targets of Dexmedetomidine. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.
Predicted protein targets (top 16)
| gene | UniProt | supporting neighbours | confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▸ | ADRA2A known ✓ | P08913 | 11/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | ADRA2B known ✓ | P18089 | 11/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | ADRA2C known ✓ | P18825 | 11/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | ADRA1D | P25100 | 8/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | ADRA1A | P35348 | 7/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | ADRA1B | P35368 | 6/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | KCNH2 | Q12809 | 1/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | TP53 | P04637 | 1/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | CYP1A2 | P05177 | 1/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | CYP3A4 | P08684 | 1/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | CYP2D6 | P10635 | 1/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | CYP2C9 | P11712 | 1/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | TSHR | P16473 | 1/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | CYP2C19 | P33261 | 1/20 | 1.00 |
| ▸ | SLC6A2 | P23975 | 1/20 | 0.97 |
| ▸ | HTR7 | P34969 | 1/20 | 0.97 |
Click a target to see other patent compounds predicted against it — the reverse direction, in place.
Similar compounds — the chemically nearest patent molecules
Nearest neighbours by Morgan-fingerprint cosine across the patent-compound collection, with each neighbour's top predicted target and the predicted targets it shares with this molecule.
| Compound | similarity | top predicted | shared targets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexmedetomidine SCHEMBL31048740 | 1.00 | ADRA2A (1.00) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1DADRA1A | |
| Medetomidine SCHEMBL29945090 | 1.00 | ADRA2A (1.00) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1DADRA1A | |
| Medetomidine SCHEMBL28305816 | 1.00 | ADRA2A (1.00) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1DADRA1A | |
| Dexmedetomidine SCHEMBL29363193 | 1.00 | ADRA2A (1.00) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1DADRA1A | |
| Medetomidine SCHEMBL787407 | 1.00 | ADRA2A (1.00) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1DADRA1A | |
| Dexmedetomidine SCHEMBL26433 | 1.00 | ADRA2A (1.00) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1DADRA1A | |
| Dexmedetomidine SCHEMBL30282088 | 0.98 | ADRA2A (1.00) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1DADRA1A | |
| Medetomidine SCHEMBL2202289 | 0.98 | ADRA2A (1.00) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1DADRA1A | |
| Dexmedetomidine SCHEMBL29833189 | 0.98 | ADRA2A (1.00) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1DADRA1A | |
| Dexmedetomidine SCHEMBL23498050 | 0.97 | ADRA2A (0.94) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1DADRA1A |
Similarity is cosine over the 2,048-bit Morgan fingerprint (≈ Tanimoto). Identical fingerprints score 1.00.
Patent provenance — the patents this molecule appears in, and who filed them
Claimed or disclosed in 47 patents — showing the first 20. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.
| Patent | Title | Assignee | Published | Priority | Filing | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP-4661680-A1 | COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLING MITE INFESTATION | Veto-Pharma (FR) | 2025-12-17 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| CN-115616104-B | Dextromethorphan hydrochloride injection of medetomidine method for detecting liquid enantiomer | 山西远扬医药科技有限公司 | 2024-11-22 | — | — | CN | claimed |
| WO-2024165712-A1 | COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLING MITE INFESTATION | VETO-PHARMA (FR) | 2024-08-15 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| EP-4413861-A1 | COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLING MITE INFESTATION | Veto-Pharma (FR) | 2024-08-14 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| CN-115616104-A | Method for detecting enantiomer of dexmedetomidine hydrochloride injection | 山西远扬医药科技有限公司 | 2023-01-17 | — | — | CN | claimed |
| EP-3671287-B1 | MEDETOMIDINE COMPOSITIONS HAVING IMPROVED ANTI-FOULING CHARACTERISTICS | PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS (NO) | 2026-03-18 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| US-20260041092-A1 | Composition Protecting Wood Against Marine Woodborers | I-TECH AB (SE) | 2026-02-12 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| CN-121226257-A | Dextromethorphan hydrochloride Tomicin resolution racemization method of by-product | 山东罗欣药业集团股份有限公司 | 2025-12-30 | — | — | CN | disclosed |
| US-12501899-B2 | Mite infestation treatment | VETO-PHARMA (FR) | 2025-12-23 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| EP-4661680-A1 | COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLING MITE INFESTATION | Veto-Pharma (FR) | 2025-12-17 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| US-20250262127-A1 | DEXMEDETOMIDINE-SOLUTION IN A LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE CONTAINER | B. BRAUN MELSUNGEN AG (DE) | 2025-08-21 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| EP-4580398-A1 | COMPOSITION PROTECTING WOOD AGAINST MARINE WOODBORERS | I-Tech AB (SE) | 2025-07-09 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| EP-4072293-A1 | MITE INFESTATION TREATMENT | Veto-Pharma (FR) | 2022-10-19 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| CN-115108993-A | Chiral catalytic synthesis method of dexmedetomidine hydrochloride | 浙江亚瑟医药有限公司 | 2022-09-27 | — | — | CN | disclosed |
| EP-4055009-A1 | METHOD FOR PREPARING DEXMEDETOMIDINE | Norchim (FR) | 2022-09-14 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| CN-115003159-A | Mite infestation treatment | 伟途制药公司 | 2022-09-02 | — | — | CN | disclosed |
| EP-4038149-A1 | ANTIFOULING COMPOUNDS | I-Tech AB (SE) | 2022-08-10 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| CN-114671811-A | Racemization recovery method of dexmedetomidine resolution byproduct | 南京正科医药股份有限公司 | 2022-06-28 | — | — | CN | disclosed |
| CN-110662808-B | Stain resistant articles | I-技术有限公司 | 2022-05-24 | — | — | CN | disclosed |
| WO-2022086416-A1 | ANTIFOULING COMPOUNDS | I-TECH AB (SE) | 2022-04-28 | — | — | WO | disclosed |
Patent text — is the patent's own abstract consistent with the prediction?
For each of this compound's patents that has machine-readable text (2 of them — usually the abstract, not the full specification), we ask MedCPT which protein the text reads most about, and where the chemistry-predicted target lands among 4885 human targets. A high rank means the patent's own wording is consistent with the prediction — a weak, independent signal, not proof of activity.
| Patent | Title | Text reads most about | Predicted target · text-rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| US-12501899-B2 | Mite infestation treatment | RHOA, NPEPPS, TUBA3E | ADRA2A 3402/4885ADRA2B 3269/4885ADRA2C 2479/4885 |
| US-20260041092-A1 | Composition Protecting Wood Against Marine Woodborers | ADRB2, WNT3A, CTNNB1 | ADRA2A 27/4885ADRA2B 5/4885ADRA2C 16/4885 |
“Text reads most about” is the patent abstract's nearest protein in MedCPT space (background-debiased). Only ~1.4% of patents have machine-readable text, so most compounds won't have this panel.