Worked example

Takeda at PTH1R

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Takeda is on route B at PTH1R (parathyroid hormone/parathyroid hormone-related peptide receptor), position 9 of 2,016 on that route, with a score of 0.786.

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

Route and score

Route B  Score 0.786

Biology proven in humans0.93
How much the company cares0.77
Room, and a reason to act now0.67

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
Trials at the target more often meet than miss their main endpoint+0.138
Few other companies active at the target+0.128
Active at the target or its disease area recently+0.050
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 27 December 2019.
  • Does the company have a marketed drug at this target? The company has a marketed drug at this target As of 23 January 2015.
  • Does the company have no approved follow-on drug at this target? The company has no approved follow-on of its own As of 23 January 2015.
  • 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
Parathyroid hormoneMarketedPhase 436Computed: 12 years from first US licence: 23 January 2027

The trials behind it

TrialDrugPhaseStatusYearsParticipantsResult
NCT01455181Parathyroid hormonePhase 3Completed2011 to 201224No results posted
NCT01297309Parathyroid hormonePhase 3Completed2011 to 201851No results posted
NCT01268098Parathyroid hormonePhase 3Completed2011 to 201142Main endpoint missed
NCT00732615Parathyroid hormonePhase 3Completed2008 to 2011124Main endpoint met
NCT00583518Parathyroid hormonePhase 4Completed2007 to 2012129No results posted
NCT00478569Parathyroid hormoneCompleted2007 to 20131,179No results posted
NCT00515593Parathyroid hormoneCompleted2006 to 2008110No results posted
NCT00365456Parathyroid hormonePhase 3Completed2006 to 2011407Main endpoint met
NCT00172120Parathyroid hormonePhase 3Completed2005 to 200691No results posted
NCT00172133Parathyroid hormonePhase 3Completed2001 to 20051,683No results posted
NCT00172081Parathyroid hormonePhase 3Completed2000 to 20032,532No results posted
NCT00172107Parathyroid hormonePhase 2Completed1995 to 1997217No results posted

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