Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that 14 abstracts for tofacitinib, an investigational oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), will be presented at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) / Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP) 2012 Annual Meeting, which is being held November 9-14 in Washington, D.C.
Tofacitinib is currently under review for the treatment of moderate–to-severe active RA by several regulatory agencies around the world, including in the United States, Europe and Japan. The FDA has provided an anticipated Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date of November 21, 2012. If approved, tofacitinib would be the first RA treatment in a new class of medicines known as JAK inhibitors and the first new oral disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (or DMARD) for RA in more than 10 years.
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