Tolvaptan - Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Alternative Names: Jinarc; Jynarque; OPC 61815; OPC-156; OPC-41061; Samsca; Samsca granules 1%; SAMTASU; Samtasu; Tolvaptan sodium phosphate - Otsuka PharmaceuticalLatest Information Update: 11 Dec 2025
At a glance
- Originator Otsuka America Pharmaceutical; Otsuka Pharmaceutical
- Class Antihypertensives; Benzazepines; Heart failure therapies; Small molecules; Urologics
- Mechanism of Action Diuretics; Vasopressin V2 receptor antagonists
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; Hyponatraemia; Polycystic kidney disease
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; Cardiac oedema; Hyponatraemia; Oedema
- Registered Ascites; Heart failure; Renal failure
- Phase II Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- No development reported Cystinuria; Unspecified
Most Recent Events
- 24 Nov 2025 Registered for Cardiac oedema in China (IV) (Otsuka pipeline, November 2025)
- 24 May 2024 Preregistration for Cardiac oedema in China (IV) (Otsuka Pharmaceutical pipeline; May 2024)
- 21 Sep 2022 Otsuka Beijing Research Institute completes a phase I pharmacokinetics trial in healthy Chinese male volunteers in China (IV) (NCT05439148)