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COL-1620 — Competitive Intelligence Brief

COL-1620 (COL-1620) competitive landscape: 3 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Antifibrotic agent. Area: Fibrosis / Respiratory.

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Target snapshot

COL-1620 (COL-1620) — Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. COL-1620 is a selective inhibitor of collagen-producing fibroblasts that reduces excessive collagen deposition in fibrotic tissues.

Comparator set (3 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
COL-1620 TARGET COL-1620 Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany phase 3 Antifibrotic agent
Pirfenidone Capsules Pirfenidone Capsules Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital marketed Antifibrotic agent TGF-β pathway; multiple pro-fibrotic cytokines
pirfenidone or nintedanib pirfenidone or nintedanib Hospices Civils de Lyon marketed Antifibrotic agent Pirfenidone: TGF-β pathway; Nintedanib: FGFR, VEGFR, PDGFR tyrosine kinases
pirfenidone 8% gel pirfenidone 8% gel Fundación Nacional para la Enseñanza y la Investigación de la Dermatología A.C. phase 3 Antifibrotic agent TGF-β signaling pathway; fibroblast proliferation

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

No regulatory actions in the last 90 days for this set.

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

No PDUFA dates in the next 180 days for this set.

Patent timeline (forward window)

No upcoming patent expiries for this set.

Sponsor landscape (Antifibrotic agent class)

  1. Fundación Nacional para la Enseñanza y la Investigación de la Dermatología A.C. · 1 drug in this class
  2. Hospices Civils de Lyon · 1 drug in this class
  3. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany · 1 drug in this class
  4. Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital · 1 drug in this class

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Cite this brief

Drug Landscape (2026). COL-1620 — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/col-1620. Accessed 2026-05-14.

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