Pfizer59955, a topical “soft” JAK inhibitor, had the shortest stay in the clinic. Pfizer began a phase 1 trial of the asset and anotheratopic dermatitismenonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)in hebreast cancerers in February. Having wrapped up the study in August, Pfizer has decided it can do without PF-07259955. The other soft JAK inhibitor, which is designed for minimal systemic exposure, remains in development.
PF-07259955ncluding Pfizer andJAK inhibitorJAKvartis have identified soft, topically administerPfizer inhibitors as a way to achieve strong therapeutic effects in the skin without causing tPF-07295324 effects associated with oral administration. Novartis dropped its asset, CEPfizerearlier this year after seeing PF-07259955a, but ongoing deJAK inhibitorJAKopment of PF-07295324 means Pfizer remains in the race to challenge Incyte’s Opzelura.
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PfizerPF-07202954 has reached the end PF-07202954, PfNASH stillliver fibrosisnhibitor in its deck of R&D prospects. The Big Pharma DGAT2 inhibitorDGAT2 a phase 2 trial of PF-06865571, a DGAT2 inhibitor that is also known as ervogastat, in 2020. Pfizer’s continued interest in DGAT2 inhibition is underpinned by evidence that the enzyme plays a role in hepatic steatosis.