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# Rosuvastatin

Highest phase reached

Approved

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

Drug type

Small molecule

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

First approval year

2003

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

## Development status

**First approval year**

2003

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

**Listing at source**

Listed

**Highest phase reached**

Approved

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

## Names and chemistry

**Drug type**

Small molecule

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

**Drug name**

Rosuvastatin

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

**Molecular weight**

481.55

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

**Structure (SMILES)**

CC(C)c1nc(N(C)S(C)(=O)=O)nc(-c2ccc(F)cc2)c1/C=C/\[C@@H\](O)C\[C@@H\](O)CC(=O)O

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

### Other names (26)

- 6 heptenoic acid 7 4 4 fluorophenyl 6 1 methylethyl 2 methyl methylsulfonyl amino 5 pyrimidinyl 3 5 dihydroxy 3r 5s 6e
- 6-Heptenoic acid, 7-\[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-(1-methylethyl)-2-\[methyl(methylsulfonyl)amino\]-5-pyrimidinyl\]-3,5-dihydroxy-, (3R,5S,6E)-
- creston
- Creston
- rosuvastatin
- Rosuvastatin
- Rosuvastatin \[HSDB\]
- rosuvastatin \[INN\]
- Rosuvastatin \[MI\]
- Rosuvastatin \[VANDF\]
- Rosuvastatin \[WHO-DD\]
- rosuvastatin hsdb
- rosuvastatin inn
- rosuvastatin mi
- rosuvastatin vandf
- rosuvastatin who dd
- rosuvastatina
- Rosuvastatina
- rosuvastatine
- Rosuvastatine
- x plended
- X-plended
- zd 4522
- ZD-4522
- zd4522

And 1 more, listed on the interactive page.

## Identifiers

**ATC classification codes**

- C10AA07

Sources for recorded values

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

**CAS registry numbers**

- 287714-41-4

**ChEMBL ID**

CHEMBL1496

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

**InChIKey**

BPRHUIZQVSMCRT-VEUZHWNKSA-N

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1496)

**PubChem compound IDs**

- 446157

**RxNorm IDs (RxCUI)**

- 301542

**FDA ingredient codes (UNII)**

- 413KH5ZJ73

## Regulatory information

### United States

**Applicant**

ASTRAZENECA

**Approval date**

12 Aug 2003

**Application number**

NDA021366

### Other regulatory facts

**Patents**

0

**Designations**

1

**First in class**

No

**Fast track**

No

**Breakthrough designation**

No

**Orphan designation**

No

**Priority review**

No

**Orphan exclusivity**

No

**Accelerated approval**

No

**Availability**

Prescription only

## Pharmacology

### Drug classification

**Pharmacology name**

rosuvastatin

**Type**

Synthetic organic

**Drug name stem**

\-stat-

**Approval recorded by Guide to Pharmacology**

Yes

#### Administration routes

- Oral

### Mechanisms of action (4)

- **Action**  
Competitive

**Action type**  
COMPETITIVE

**Target**  
hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase

**Gene symbol**  
HMGCR

**Protein identifier**  
P04035

**Median affinity**

8.27

**Affinity units**  
pIC50

**Primary target**  
Yes
- **Action**  
Competitive

**Action type**  
COMPETITIVE

**Target**  
hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase

**Gene symbol**  
HMGCR

**Protein identifier**  
P04035

**Median affinity**

8.3

**Affinity units**  
pIC50

**Primary target**  
Yes
- **Action**  
Competitive

**Action type**  
COMPETITIVE

**Target**  
hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase

**Gene symbol**  
HMGCR

**Protein identifier**  
P04035

**Median affinity**

8.51

**Affinity units**  
pIC50

**Primary target**  
Yes
- **Action**  
Competitive

**Action type**  
COMPETITIVE

**Target**  
hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase

**Gene symbol**  
HMGCR

**Protein identifier**  
P04035

**Median affinity**

8.64

**Affinity units**  
pKi

**Primary target**  
Yes

### Open Targets mechanisms

- **Mechanism**  
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor

**Action type**  
Inhibitor

**Target**  
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase

### DrugCentral mechanisms

- **Action type**  
Inhibitor

**Gene symbol**  
HMGCR

**Protein identifier**  
P04035

**Organism**  
Homo sapiens

**Target development level**  
Clinical

### Investigated indications (79)

- **Condition**  
HIV Infections

**Highest recorded phase**  
3

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000180

**Subject identifier**  
D015658
- **Condition**  
Metabolic Syndrome

**Highest recorded phase**  
3

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000195

**Subject identifier**  
D024821
- **Condition**  
Aortic Valve Stenosis

**Highest recorded phase**  
3

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000266

**Subject identifier**  
D001024
- **Condition**  
Cardiovascular Diseases

**Highest recorded phase**  
4

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000319

**Subject identifier**  
D002318
- **Condition**  
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

**Highest recorded phase**  
2

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000341

**Subject identifier**  
D029424
- **Condition**  
Heart Failure

**Highest recorded phase**  
3

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000373

**Subject identifier**  
D006333
- **Condition**  
Crohn Disease

**Highest recorded phase**  
1

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000384

**Subject identifier**  
D003424
- **Condition**  
Diabetes Mellitus

**Highest recorded phase**  
2

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000400

**Subject identifier**  
D003920
- **Condition**  
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated

**Highest recorded phase**  
3

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000407

**Subject identifier**  
D002311
- **Condition**  
Hypertension

**Highest recorded phase**  
3

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000537

**Subject identifier**  
D006973
- **Condition**  
Immune System Diseases

**Highest recorded phase**  
1

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000540

**Subject identifier**  
D007154
- **Condition**  
Ischemia

**Highest recorded phase**  
2

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000556

**Subject identifier**  
D007511
- **Condition**  
Metabolic Diseases

**Highest recorded phase**  
1

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000589

**Subject identifier**  
D008659
- **Condition**  
Myocardial Infarction

**Highest recorded phase**  
2

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000612

**Subject identifier**  
D009203
- **Condition**  
Neoplasms

**Highest recorded phase**  
1

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000616

**Subject identifier**  
D009369
- **Condition**  
Periodontitis

**Highest recorded phase**  
2

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000649

**Subject identifier**  
D010518
- **Condition**  
Pre-Eclampsia

**Highest recorded phase**  
2

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000668

**Subject identifier**  
D011225
- **Condition**  
Prostatic Neoplasms

**Highest recorded phase**  
1

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000673

**Subject identifier**  
D011471
- **Condition**  
Arthritis, Rheumatoid

**Highest recorded phase**  
2

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000685

**Subject identifier**  
D001172
- **Condition**  
Skin Diseases

**Highest recorded phase**  
1

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000701

**Subject identifier**  
D012871
- **Condition**  
Stroke

**Highest recorded phase**  
3

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000712

**Subject identifier**  
D020521
- **Condition**  
Scleroderma, Systemic

**Highest recorded phase**  
3

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000717

**Subject identifier**  
D012595
- **Condition**  
Colitis, Ulcerative

**Highest recorded phase**  
2

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000729

**Subject identifier**  
D003093
- **Condition**  
HIV Infections

**Highest recorded phase**  
3

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0000764

**Subject identifier**  
D015658
- **Condition**  
Malaria

**Highest recorded phase**  
1

**Condition identifier**  
EFO:0001068

**Subject identifier**  
D008288

And 54 more, listed on the interactive page.

### Open Targets indications (147)

- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000180

**Highest recorded phase**  
2
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000195

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000266
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000266

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000319
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000341

**Highest recorded phase**  
2
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000373

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000400
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000407

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000537

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000540

**Highest recorded phase**  
1
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000556

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000589

**Highest recorded phase**  
1
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000612

**Highest recorded phase**  
2
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000616

**Highest recorded phase**  
1
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000649
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000668

**Highest recorded phase**  
2
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000685
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000712

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000717

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000729
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0000764

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0001068

**Highest recorded phase**  
1
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0001073

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0001645

**Highest recorded phase**  
3

And 122 more, listed on the interactive page.

### Reported adverse events (15)

- **Event**  
blood creatine phosphokinase increased

**Reports**  
3,155

**Reporting signal score**  
5,866.28
- **Event**  
blood triglycerides increased

**Reports**  
272

**Reporting signal score**

426.62
- **Event**  
drug interaction

**Reports**  
3,621

**Reporting signal score**  
2,589.05
- **Event**  
high density lipoprotein decreased

**Reports**  
220

**Reporting signal score**

621.08
- **Event**  
immune-mediated myositis

**Reports**  
474

**Reporting signal score**  
1,511.58
- **Event**  
immune-mediated necrotising myopathy

**Reports**  
367

**Reporting signal score**  
1,189.74
- **Event**  
liver function test abnormal

**Reports**  
997

**Reporting signal score**

890.243
- **Event**  
low density lipoprotein increased

**Reports**  
241

**Reporting signal score**

502.385
- **Event**  
muscle spasms

**Reports**  
530

**Reporting signal score**

264.011
- **Event**  
muscular weakness

**Reports**  
2,041

**Reporting signal score**  
1,792.04
- **Event**  
myalgia

**Reports**  
6,976

**Reporting signal score**  
10,840.7
- **Event**  
myopathy

**Reports**  
1,546

**Reporting signal score**  
3,847.82
- **Event**  
myositis

**Reports**  
734

**Reporting signal score**  
1,327.11
- **Event**  
renal failure acute

**Reports**  
1,476

**Reporting signal score**  
1,206.36
- **Event**  
rhabdomyolysis

**Reports**  
6,575

**Reporting signal score**  
15,588.2

### Trial references (185)

- NCT00090298  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00090298)
- NCT00132717  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00132717)
- NCT00160745  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00160745)
- NCT00240279  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00240279)
- NCT00241488  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00241488)
- NCT00249899  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00249899)
- NCT00249912  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00249912)
- NCT00379249  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00379249)
- NCT00462748  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00462748)
- NCT00654173  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00654173)
- NCT00654407  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00654407)
- NCT00654537  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00654537)
- NCT00664469  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00664469)
- NCT00683618  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00683618)
- NCT00783263  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00783263)
- NCT01154036  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01154036)
- NCT01730040  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01730040)
- NCT01730053  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01730053)
- NCT02251847  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02251847)
- NCT02390375  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02390375)
- NCT02445352  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02445352)
- NCT02476006  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02476006)
- NCT02715726  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02715726)
- NCT02741245  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02741245)
- NCT02749994  
Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02749994)

And 160 more, listed on the interactive page.

## Dosing

**Dose**

5-40 mg

**Route**

Oral

**How often**

Once daily

### Conditions of use (3)

- If a dose is missed, do not double next dose
- Swallow tablets whole
- Take with or without food

## Chemical properties

**Hydrogen bond acceptors**

7

**Hydrogen bond donors**

3

**Polar surface area**

140.92

**Calculated partition coefficient (ALogP)**

2.4

**Calculated partition coefficient (XLogP)**

1.6

**Prodrug**

No

**Chirality**

Single enantiomer

**Inorganic**

No

**Rule-of-five violations**

0

**Rotatable bonds**

10

**Heavy atoms**

33

**Molecular formula**

C22H28FN3O6S

**Monoisotopic mass**

481.16828496

**Natural product**

No

## National Drug Codes

- 50228-116
- 50228-117
- 50228-118
- 50228-119
- 51407-848
- 51407-849
- 51407-850
- 51407-851
- 71610-796
- 71610-797
- 71610-798
- 71610-922
- 50090-7240
- 50090-7241
- 50090-7430
- 50090-7431
- 50090-7482
- 50090-7483
- 50090-7730
- 50090-7793
- 67046-1627
- 68071-3847
- 68788-4057
- 68788-4161
- 68788-8698

And 8 more, listed on the interactive page.

## Evidence counts

**Recorded assays**

550

**Active assays**

54

### Active assay types (3)

- Confirmatory
- Other
- Summary

## Pharmacologic actions

- Anticholesteremic Agents  
Source: [id.nlm.nih.gov](https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000924.html)
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors  
Source: [id.nlm.nih.gov](https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019161.html)

## Biological measurements

These details could not be displayed.

## Related records

### Trials (626)

- "Efficacy Of 1.2% Rosuvastatin Gel In The Management Of Infrabony Defects"
- \[Effects of Selected Statins on Cardiovascular Parameters in Healthy Volunteers\]
- 1.2% Rosuvastatin Gel As A Local Agent In Smokers With Chronic Periodontitis
- 1.2% Rosuvastatin Subgingivally Delivered In Chronic Periodontitis With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- 12-week Open-label, Phase IIIb Comparing Efficacy and Safety of Rosuvastatin (CRESTOR™) in Combination With Ezetimibe
- 30 Week Study of the Combination of ABT-335 and Rosuvastatin Compared to Rosuvastatin Monotherapy for Subjects With Dyslipidemia and Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease
- 48-wk Open Label Phase IIIb to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety
- A 2-part Study to Investigate the Effect of Macitentan in Healthy Male Participants
- A Clinical Drug-Drug Interaction (DDI) Study With Omaveloxolone
- A Clinical Study of Calderasib (MK-1084) With Rosuvastatin and Metformin in Healthy People (MK-1084-016)
- A Clinical Study of Enlicitide in Participants With High Cholesterol (MK-0616-037)
- A Clinical Study of the Effect of MK-2828 on Rosuvastatin or Furosemide in Healthy People (MK-2828-005)
- A Clinical Study to Evaluate PK, PD, and PG of Rosuvastatin in the Elderly
- A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics of Microdose Midazolam, Dabigatran, Pitavastatin, Atorvastatin and Rosuvastatin in Healthy Volunteers and Renal Impairment Patients
- A Clinical Trial of Enlicitide and Rosuvastatin in Healthy Adults (MK-0616-039)
- A Clinical Trial of YMC017 in Hypertensive and Hypercholesterolemic Patients With Metabolic Syndrome
- A Clinical Trial to Assess the Long Term Safety and Tolerability of MK-0653H in Japanese Participants With Hypercholesterolemia (MK-0653H-833)
- A Clinical Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of a Combination Therapy of Ezetimibe and Rosuvastatin Versus Monotherapy of Rosuvastatin in Hypercholesterolemia Patients (I-ROSETTE Study)
- A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effects of MK-4646 on Rosuvastatin in Healthy Participants (MK-4646-007)
- A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Olmesartan/Amlodipine/Rosuvastatin Combination Treatment in Patients With Concomitant Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia

### Approved for (1)

- [Cardiovascular disorder](https://trialight.com/data/condition/cardiovascular-disorder-362e433e-88a4-575f-90af-50fe7239dec0.md)

### In development for (71)

- [Acute coronary syndrome](https://trialight.com/data/condition/acute-coronary-syndrome-3d7c2c1f-86ca-5a25-913a-6f9a7e95f989.md) Phase 3
- [Acute myocardial infarction](https://trialight.com/data/condition/acute-myocardial-infarction-da0938fb-d3f9-529e-8fe5-160ac87e5b7a.md) Phase 2
- Anemia Phase 1
- Anti-neutrophil antibody associated vasculitis Phase 3
- [Aortic valve stenosis](https://trialight.com/data/condition/aortic-valve-stenosis-d3f1a482-d908-5993-8a6c-7daad057bb89.md) Phase 3
- [Asthma](https://trialight.com/data/condition/asthma-247437fb-0e60-5885-8a3a-ce40099cea88.md) Phase 1
- [Atherosclerosis](https://trialight.com/data/condition/atherosclerosis-5dab64e9-1fd4-5dd2-90c2-ce84935652d1.md) Phase 3
- [Breast cancer](https://trialight.com/data/condition/breast-cancer-8ac10da3-93bd-54c5-a93b-265bc6699689.md) Phase 2
- Burn Phase 2
- [Cancer](https://trialight.com/data/condition/cancer-703b1dfc-4812-50eb-83f4-d7a205d16bdb.md) Phase 1
- [Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease](https://trialight.com/data/condition/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-8e23f74b-95b9-5920-a241-c0278555234f.md) Phase 2
- [Colorectal cancer](https://trialight.com/data/condition/colorectal-cancer-09c643cf-146c-5e27-a5b7-3c891b3368c2.md) Phase 3
- Congestive heart failure Phase 3
- [Coronary artery disorder](https://trialight.com/data/condition/coronary-artery-disorder-6f736849-d477-587a-b3fa-b0621d573407.md) Phase 3
- Coronary atherosclerosis Phase 3
- [COVID-19](https://trialight.com/data/condition/covid-19-13f0ebf3-c291-557d-bdef-93563d077103.md) Phase 3
- [Crohn disease](https://trialight.com/data/condition/crohn-disease-f7aa2cd8-9680-56b5-858c-2b75f88fb0d0.md) Phase 1
- [Depressive disorder](https://trialight.com/data/condition/depressive-disorder-7618feda-3f90-5521-94e1-99f7100e8324.md) Phase 2
- [Diabetes mellitus](https://trialight.com/data/condition/diabetes-mellitus-1a0391a8-9f84-5600-a2bf-ec97c2229de4.md) Phase 2
- Diabetic polyneuropathy Phase 2

### Other linked conditions (3)

- Behcet disease
- Intracranial arterial disease
- Severe pre-eclampsia

### Targets (1)

- [HMGCR](https://trialight.com/data/target/hmgcr-fb72eea1-5506-5785-8e3a-288028d487d6.md) HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor

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