Adding to recent regulatory approvals in the USA and European Union, pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) can now add the UK to the geographies where its alopecia treatment can be marketed.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today authorized Pfizer’s Litfulo (ritlecitinib), an enzyme inhibitor treatment for severe alopecia areata in patients 12 years and older.
Alopecia areata is a disease where the body’s own immune system attacks hair follicles, causing inflammation that leads to hair loss on the scalp, face and/or other parts of the body.
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