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Lilly/Incyte's baricitinib still has more to do in RA

 
• By Alexandra Shimmings

The full data for Lilly/Incyte's Phase III RA-BUILD and RA-BEACON studies of their novel oral JAK 1 and 2 inhibitor baricitinib presented at EULAR in Rome this week confirm its promising efficacy but some experts want to see still more safety data.

The full data for Lilly/Incyte's Phase III RA-BUILD and RA-BEACON studies of their novel oral JAK 1 and 2 inhibitor baricitinib presented at EULAR in Rome this week confirm its promising efficacy but some experts want to see still more safety data.

The top-line data from RA-BEACON were released late last year when and showed that the product improved ACR20 scores (a relatively low hurdle) after 12 weeks when compared with placebo in moderate to severe patients who had previously failed at least one anti-TNF therapy

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