Plaque psoriasis prospect roflumilast predicted to launch in 2022

21 May 2021
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GlobalData has taken a look at the data supporting roflumilast for plaque psoriasis (PsO).

US biotech Arcutis Biotherapeutics (Nasdaq: ARQT) announced new data from its pivotal DERMIS-1 and DERMIS-2 studies on the topical phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) inhibitor at the EADV Spring Symposium.

"Roflumilast would be Arcutis’ first agent to market and will compete with agents coming from pharmaceutical stalwarts such as AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson"Tiffany Chan, immunology analyst at GlobalData, said: “In the announced clinical trial results, roflumilast cream was generally safe and well tolerated. In fact, 90% of patients within the randomized roflumilast treatment arm completed a full eight weeks.

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