Drug

Verubecestat

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Verubecestat is a small molecule: stopped in 2018; acts on BACE1.

Sources: FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL.

The drug

Status
Stopped, 2018
Kind
Small molecule
Registered trials
5, 2 stopped early
Disease areas
Mental health; Nervous system

US protection

No US approval on record.

With no US approval on record there are no listed US patents or exclusivities.

This is the US only.

Companies that need a new molecule because of this drug

1 company on route A because of this drug.

Companies on route A for this drug

In the product

1 company is on route A because of Verubecestat.

Target

GeneProteinUniProt
BACE1Beta-secretase 1P56817

Registered trials

PhaseTrialsCompletedActiveStopped early
Phase 13300
Phase 32002
All trials5

Who ran its trials

CompanyRoleYears
Merck & Co.Lead sponsor of trials2011 to now