Pfizer’s Xeljanz Could See Narrower Label And New REMS Due To CV And Malignancy Risks

The US FDA will ponder its regulatory options now that final data are in from a long-term postmarketing study showing tofacitinib is associated with a higher rate of major adverse cardiovascular events and malignancies compared with TNF-inhibitors.

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A Xeljanz study in high-risk rheumatoid arthritis patients has raised safety concerns. • Source: Shutterstock

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