Target

PTGS1

Prostaglandin G/H synthase 1

As of the edition of 20 October 2026, PTGS1 (prostaglandin G/H synthase 1, UniProt P23219) has 60 drugs tested at it and 90 companies on the list, 4 on route A and 21 on route B.

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

The protein

UniProt
P23219
How well studied
Drug target: an approved drug acts on it
Where it sits in the cell
At a membrane
Solved structures
1
Disease areas
Heart and blood vessels; Nervous system; Cancer; Bones, joints and muscles; Digestive system; Urinary and reproductive; Pregnancy and women's health; Immune system
Registered trials of its drugs
3,000

Drugs at this target

StatusCount
Marketed42
Went quiet6
Stopped1
Withdrawn from market9
Status not established2
Total60
DrugStatusFurthest phaseUS protection
AcetaminophenMarketedPhase 4none listed
AspirinMarketedPhase 4none listed
IbuprofenMarketedPhase 4none listed
KetorolacMarketedPhase 4none listed
DiclofenacMarketedPhase 4none listed
NaproxenMarketedPhase 4none listed
IndomethacinMarketedPhase 4none listed
MesalamineMarketedPhase 4Ends 2027
KetoprofenMarketedPhase 4none listed
FlurbiprofenMarketedPhase 4none listed
SulfasalazineMarketedPhase 4none listed
MetamizoleMarketedPhase 4none listed

12 of 60 drugs, the most tested first.

Companies at this target

Where the company standsCompanies
Route A4
Route B21
Engaged38
Undetermined27
Total on the list90
Three companies on route A or B, with the route only
CompanyRoute
AbbVieRoute B
NovartisRoute B
TakedaRoute B

The other 87 companies at PTGS1

In the product

90 companies in all; 87 are not named here, and no score is.

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