How many drugs treat Common cold?

Drug Landscape tracks 10 marketed treatments for Common cold (deduplicated by molecule). 0 Phase 3 candidates and 0 Phase 2 candidates are in the pipeline.

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Common cold — Treatment Landscape & Competitive Intelligence

Name: Drug Landscape Pharmaceutical Database
Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Common cold (disease) competitive landscape: 10 marketed treatments tracked, 0 Phase 3 candidates, 0 Phase 2 candidates. Recent regulatory actions and upcoming PDUFA dates across the entire treatment set.

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Marketed treatment landscape

Approved drugs treating Common cold, deduplicated by molecule. See the full disease page for line-of-therapy detail.

Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Class	Target	First approval
Clarinex	desloratadine	Generic (originally Schering-Plough/MSD)	Histamine-1 Receptor Antagonist [EPC]	5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 6, Histamine H4 receptor, Multidrug resistance protein 1	2001-12-21
Propadrine	PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE	Alpharma Us Pharms	Indirectly Acting Sympathomimetic Amines	Sodium-dependent noradrenaline transporter	2000-01-01
Zyrtec	cetirizine	Generic (originally UCB Pharma)	Second-generation antihistamine	Angiopoietin-1 receptor, Histamine H1 receptor, Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 2	1995-09-29
Flolan	EPOPROSTENOL	AstraZeneca	Prostacycline Vasodilator [EPC]	Prostacyclin receptor	1995-01-01
Semprex-D	ACRIVASTINE	Auxilium Pharms Inc	Histamine-1 Receptor Antagonist	Histamine H1 receptor	1994-01-01
Claritin	loratadine	Generic (originally Schering-Plough)	Second-generation antihistamine	Sodium-dependent neutral amino acid transporter B(0)AT2, Cytochrome P450 2C19, Multidrug resistance protein 1	1993-04-12
Dilaudid-Hp	HYDROMORPHONE	Fresenius Kabi	Opioid Agonist	mu-opioid receptor	1984-01-01
Dilaudid-Hp	Hydromorphone Hydrochloride	Fresenius Kabi	Opioid agonist	Mu-opioid receptor	1984-01-01
Actidil	TRIPROLIDINE	Novartis	triprolidine	Histamine H1 receptor	1983-01-01
Marezine	CYCLIZINE	GSK	cyclizine	Histamine H1 receptor	1982-01-01

Phase 3 pipeline

No Phase 3 pipeline candidates tracked.

Phase 2 pipeline

No Phase 2 pipeline candidates tracked.

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

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

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

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

Sponsor landscape

· 13 drugs in Common cold
Generic (multiple manufacturers) · 4 drugs in Common cold
B Braun · 2 drugs in Common cold
Fresenius Kabi · 2 drugs in Common cold
Bayer · 2 drugs in Common cold
Auxilium Pharms Inc · 1 drug in Common cold
Allergan/AbbVie · 1 drug in Common cold
Caraco · 1 drug in Common cold
AstraZeneca · 1 drug in Common cold
Chattem · 1 drug in Common cold
Endo · 1 drug in Common cold
Baxter · 1 drug in Common cold

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Drug Landscape (2026). Common cold — Treatment Landscape & Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/disease/common-cold. Accessed 2026-06-10.

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