Riociguat - Bayer
Alternative Names: Adempas; BAY-32521; BAY-63-2521Latest Information Update: 07 Oct 2025
At a glance
- Originator Bayer
- Class 2 ring heterocyclic compounds; Antifibrotics; Carbamates; Diamines; Fluorobenzenes; Pyrazoles; Pyridines; Pyrimidines; Skin disorder therapies; Small molecules; Vascular disorder therapies
- Mechanism of Action Guanylate cyclase stimulants
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Systemic scleroderma; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary arterial hypertension
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 Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pulmonary hypertension
- Phase II Cystic fibrosis; Systemic scleroderma
- No development reported Raynaud's disease
Most Recent Events
- 23 Jul 2025 Bayer completes the phase II LEPHT trial for Pulmonary hypertension associated with Left ventricular systolic dysfunction in USA, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom (NCT01065454)
- 03 Jul 2025 Bayer completes a phase II trial in Pulmonary arterial hypertension in Germany (PO) (NCT00694850)
- 22 Feb 2023 No development reported - Phase-III for Pulmonary hypertension in Sweden, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain, Slovakia, Portugal, Poland, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic, Belgium, Austria, Thailand (PO) (Bayer pipeline, February 2023)