FDA advisory panel gives unanimous support for use of Xeljanz in UC

10 March 2018

There was good news for Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) last week, which announced a positive outcome from the US Food and Drug Administration Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee (GIDAC) meeting on an already blockbuster drug, sending the pharma giant’s shares up 2%.

The GIDAC met to discuss Pfizer’s supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Xeljanz (tofacitinib), which is currently under review by the FDA, for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC).

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