Pfizer granted European approval for Enbrel in early-stage inflammatory joint disease

6 August 2014
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US pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) has been granted a license extension by the European Commission for Enbrel (etanercept) in the treatment of adult patients with severe non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis, a chronic, lifelong inflammatory disease.

This affects the spine and sacroiliac joints, and ‘non-radiographic’ refers to patients whose disease is not sufficiently advanced as to be detectable by x-ray.

As many as 12% of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis progress to ankylosing spondylitis in a two-year period, which can lead to spinal fusion.

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