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Pfizer's Abrocitinib Looks Competitive In Atopic Dermatitis

 
• By Mandy Jackson

The first detailed Phase III results for the company's next-generation oral JAK inhibitor abrocitinib appear to show efficacy on par or better than data from Sanofi/Regeneron's Dupixent and may give Lilly's Olumiant a run for its money in AD.

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Abrocitinib appears to rapidly reduce itching, a hallmark of AD. • Source: Shutterstock

Pfizer Inc. has expanded on the long lead it had with Xeljanz (tofacitinib) over competing Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors by engineering more selective next-generation drugs in this class, including abrocitinib, for which the company presented the first detailed Phase III atopic dermatitis (AD) data on 12 October in a late-breakers session at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) meeting in Madrid.

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