Pfizer is kicking recifercept to the curb along with PF-06755347, a recombinant Fc fusion protein.
Pfizer, amid a retrecifercept rare disease R&D stratePF-06755347ted (PDF) a pair of orphan drug candidates from its clinical development pipeline in a cull that also narrowed the opportunities open to the near-approval JAK3/TEC inhibitor ritlecitinib.
Pfizerrcept is the most advanced rare disease candidate to become surplus to requirements in the latest pipeline update. The molecule is designed to bind to fibroblast growth factor isoforms and thereby act as a decoy that reduces FGFR3 sritlecitinibeing that FGFR3 mutations drive inhibitory signaling in the rare disease achondroplasia, Pfizer made the condition its focus indication for recifercept development.
Recifercept looked to be on track late last year, when Pfizer began a pilot project to check the feasibility of constructing a concurrent external control for recifercept, but has now hit the skids. The termination of development cFGFR3weeks after Pfizer wrappFGFR3 a phase 2 trial of the long-term safety and efficacy of rachondroplasiaPfizerrecifercept
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PF-06755347are diseases, Pfizer dropped a midphaseprimary immune thrombocytopenia, ritchronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy Ritlecitinib is closing in on approval decisions in alopecia areata on both sides of the Atlantic and is in phase 2 and 3 development as a treatment for vitiligo, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. But after studying the candidate with the IRAK4 inhibitor zimlovisertib and JAK inhibitor Xeljanz, Pfizer has decided to abandon plans to develop it as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.