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Bristol Myers Squibb at HMGCR

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Bristol Myers Squibb is on route B at HMGCR (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase), position 13 of 2,016 on that route, with a score of 0.778.

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

Route and score

Route B  Score 0.778

Biology proven in humans0.89
How much the company cares0.88
Room, and a reason to act now0.60

Each part runs from 0 to 1; 0.5 is neutral, and an unknown fact counts as neutral.

What moved the score

Proof in humans at the target+0.294
Took its own drug far in human testing+0.225
Active at the target or its disease area recently+0.159
Trials at the target more often meet than miss their main endpoint+0.099
Few other companies active at the target+0.053
The company’s own follow-on drug+0.044
Why its own drug stopped0.000

The facts that decided the route

  • Does the company have its own row at this target, rather than being counted under a drug that acts on many targets? The company has its own row at this target As of 20 October 2026.
  • Has the company not been dissolved without a successor? The company still exists or has a successor As of 20 April 1998.
  • Does the company have a marketed drug at this target? The company has a marketed drug at this target As of 31 October 1991.
  • Does the company have no approved follow-on drug at this target? The company has no approved follow-on of its own As of 31 October 1991.
  • Is the protein the drug acts on identified, and not only a complex it belongs to? The protein the drug acts on is on record, not only its complex As of 20 October 2026.
  • Does a source say which of the drug's many targets it is designed for? The target the drug is designed for is established As of 20 October 2026.

The drugs

DrugStatusFurthest phaseTrialsUS protection
PravastatinMarketedPhase 4109none listed

The trials behind it

TrialDrugPhaseStatusYearsParticipantsResult
NCT05852769PravastatinPhase 1Completed2023 to 202318No results posted
NCT03131973PravastatinPhase 1Completed2017 to 201726No results posted
NCT02456844PravastatinPhase 1Completed2015 to 201524No results posted
NCT00529178PravastatinPhase 4Completed2002 to 2005232No results posted
NCT00382460PravastatinPhase 4Completed2000 to 20034,000No results posted

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