Who are Lupron Depot's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): Lupron, Micronor, Lupron Trigger, Ganirelix Acetate, Cetrolix Acetate, GnRH antagonist-Cetrorelix, Leuprolide Depot.

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Lupron Depot — Competitive Intelligence Brief

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

Lupron Depot (Lupron Depot) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: GnRH agonist. Area: Oncology.

marketed GnRH agonist GnRH receptor Oncology Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Lupron Depot (Lupron Depot) — University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center. Lupron Depot is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist that suppresses testosterone and estrogen production by desensitizing the pituitary gland.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
Lupron Depot TARGET	Lupron Depot	University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center	marketed	GnRH agonist	GnRH receptor
Lupron	leuprorelin	Accord Healthcare S.L.U.	marketed	Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Receptor Agonist	GnRH receptors	1985-01-01
Micronor	norethisterone	Johnson & Johnson	marketed	Progestin	GnRH receptors	1962-01-01
Lupron Trigger	Lupron Trigger	Weill Medical College of Cornell University	marketed	GnRH agonist	GnRH receptor
Ganirelix Acetate, Cetrolix Acetate	Ganirelix Acetate, Cetrolix Acetate	Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center	marketed	GnRH antagonist	GnRH receptor
GnRH antagonist-Cetrorelix	GnRH antagonist-Cetrorelix	University of Edinburgh	marketed	GnRH antagonist	GnRH receptor
Leuprolide Depot	Leuprolide Depot	Enteris BioPharma Inc.	marketed	GnRH agonist	GnRH receptor

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)

2028-03-22 — Lupron · 9617303 · US
2031-02-05 — Lupron · 8921326 · US

Sponsor landscape (GnRH agonist class)

Takeda · 4 drugs in this class
Abbott · 3 drugs in this class
Ipsen · 3 drugs in this class
Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · 3 drugs in this class
University of Pisa · 2 drugs in this class
Chong Qing Reproducive and Genetic Institute · 1 drug in this class
Chesapeake Urology Research Associates · 1 drug in this class
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) · 1 drug in this class
Enteris BioPharma Inc. · 1 drug in this class
Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine · 1 drug in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). Lupron Depot — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/lupron-depot. Accessed 2026-06-10.

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