Clofibrate
As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Clofibrate is a small molecule: marketed, first approved in 1982 (US); acts on PPARA; no US protection is listed.
Sources: FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL.
The drug
- Status
- Marketed; latest approval 1982
- Kind
- Small molecule
- Brand name
- Atromid-S
- First approved
- 1 January 1982 (US)
- Approvals on record
- 1 in 1 region
- Holder of the most recent approval
- Pfizer
- Withdrawn from market
- 1 January 1979 (in some regions)
- Registered trials
- 2, 0 stopped early
- Disease areas
- Heart and blood vessels
US protection
No US protection is listed.
The FDA registers list no drug-substance patent or exclusivity that counts for this drug.
This is the US only.
Companies that need a new molecule because of this drug
1 company on route B because of this drug.
Companies on route B for this drug
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Target
| Gene | Protein | UniProt |
|---|---|---|
| PPARA | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha | Q07869 |
Registered trials
| Phase | Trials | Completed | Active | Stopped early |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase not stated | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phase 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All trials | 2 |
Who has held its approvals
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | Applicant |