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Friday, August 20, 2021

Pfizer Xeljanz Gets EU Marketing Authorization for Treatment of Arthritic Conditions

 Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the European Commission (EC) has approved XELJANZ® (tofacitinib) for the treatment of active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and juvenile psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in patients two years of age and older who have responded inadequately to previous therapy with disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Two formulations were approved, a tablet and a new oral solution (weight-based dosing). XELJANZ is the first and only Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor approved in Europe for the treatment of polyarticular JIA and juvenile PsA and has received regulatory approval in four indications in the European Union, the most of any JAK inhibitor.

In addition, the EC has approved XELJANZ prolonged-release 11 mg once-daily tablets for the treatment of adult patients with active PsA who have had an inadequate response or intolerance to methotrexate or other DMARDs. This once-daily treatment is an alternative to the currently approved XELJANZ 5 mg twice-daily treatment of PsA.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/xeljanz-tofacitinib-citrate-receives-marketing-203100843.html

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