Target

BACE1

Beta-secretase 1

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, BACE1 (beta-secretase 1, UniProt P56817) has 12 drugs tested at it and 9 companies on the list, 9 on route A and 0 on route B.

Sources: UniProt, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL, FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, Pharos.

The protein

UniProt
P56817
How well studied
Chemical tools exist; no approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
In more than one place
Solved structures
431
Disease areas
Mental health; Nervous system; Blood and lymph; Cancer; Immune system; Pregnancy and women's health; Urinary and reproductive
Registered trials of its drugs
74

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Went quiet4
Stopped8
Total12
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
LanabecestatStoppedPhase 3none listed
AtabecestatStoppedPhase 3none listed
ElenbecestatStoppedPhase 3none listed
LY-2886721StoppedPhase 2none listed
LY3202626Went quietPhase 2none listed
VerubecestatStoppedPhase 3none listed
BI 1181181StoppedPhase 1none listed
CNP520StoppedPhase 3none listed
RO5508887Went quietPhase 1none listed
AZD-3839Went quietPhase 1none listed
HPP854StoppedPhase 1none listed
LY-2811376Went quietPhase 1none listed

12 of 12 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A9
Total on the list9
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
Eli LillyRoute A
EisaiRoute A
Merck & Co.Route A

The other 6 companies at BACE1

In the product

9 companies in all; 6 are not named here, and no score is.

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