Target

PLG

Plasminogen [Cleaved into: Plasmin

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, PLG (plasminogen [Cleaved into: Plasmin, UniProt P00747) has 8 drugs tested at it and 15 companies on the list, 2 on route A and 5 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
P00747
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
Secreted
Solved structures
49
Disease areas
Urinary and reproductive; Pregnancy and women's health; Injuries; Heart and blood vessels; Bones, joints and muscles; Cancer; Blood and lymph; Skin and connective tissue
Registered trials of its drugs
520

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed6
Stopped1
Status not established1
Total8
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
Tranexamic acidMarketedPhase 4none listed
DefibrotideMarketedPhase 4none listed
Aminocaproic acidMarketedPhase 4none listed
AprotininMarketedPhase 4Ended 2005
StreptokinaseMarketedPhase 4none listed
DesmoteplaseStoppedPhase 3none listed
BT-114143Status not establishedPhase 1none listed
Defibrotide sodiumMarketedNo phase statednone listed

8 of 8 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A2
Route B5
Engaged3
Undetermined5
Total on the list15
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
PfizerRoute B
AdiumRoute B
Nippon ShinyakuRoute B

The other 12 companies at PLG

In the product

15 companies in all; 12 are not named here, and no score is.

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