Pfizer publishes more pivotal Xeljanz data in new therapy area

4 May 2017
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Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) has published detailed results from three pivotal studies in ulcerative colitis in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The company is investigating Xeljanz (tofacitinib citrate) as a potential treatment to induce and maintain remission in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis.

The drug, which is approved in more than 80 countries around the world for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is not currently marketed for this indication.

The data show the three studies met their respective primary endpoints, demonstrating that tofacitinib citrate was more effective than placebo, according to the commonly-used Mayo test.

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