drug_molecule

Identifier

open_targets.drug_molecule

Description

Core annotation for drug or clinical candidate molecules.

A drug in the Platform is understood as any bioactive molecule with drug-like properties included in the EMBL-EBI ChEMBL database.

All ChEMBL molecules fullfilling any of the next criteria are included in the database: a) molecules with a known indication, b) molecules with a known mechanism of action, c) ChEMBL molecules included in the DrugBank database, d) Molecules that are acknowledged as chemical probes [Drug]

Partitions

• release
  • '26.06'

Schema

Column	Type	Description
id	TEXT	Open Targets molecule identifier
canonicalSmiles	TEXT	Standardised chemical structure representation using SMILES notation
inchiKey	TEXT	Chemical identifier generated from the molecular structure
molblock	TEXT	Mol Block is a chemical structure file format that serves as a connection table, representing molecules through a list of atoms, bonds, and spatial coordinates
drugType	TEXT	Classification of the molecule’s therapeutic category or chemical class (e.g. Antibody)
name	TEXT	Generic name of the drug molecule
parentId	TEXT	Open Targets molecule identifier of the parent molecule for derivative compounds
synonyms	STRUCT(label TEXT, source TEXT)[]	List of alternative names for the drug
tradeNames	STRUCT(label TEXT, source TEXT)[]	List of brand names for the drug
crossReferences	STRUCT(source TEXT, ids TEXT[])[]	List of identifiers in other databases
childChemblIds	TEXT[]	List of Open Targets molecule identifiers of derivative compounds
maximumClinicalStage	TEXT	Display name of the highest clinical stage reached by the drug (e.g. ‘approved’, ‘phase III’)
description	TEXT	Summary of the drug’s clinical development
release	TEXT	Partition column. Open Targets Platform release version (major.minor), e.g. 26.06. [Added during ingest.]