Pfizer and Lilly's JAK Inhibitors Safety Concerns Prompt Europe to Investigate the Drug Class
The risk of heart problems associated with the use of JAK inhibitors has called the entire drug class into question. In September, the FDA announced that it would require safety warnings for drugs such as Pfizer's Xeljanz, Eli Lilly's Olumiant, and AbbVie's Rinvoq. It is now up to Europe to conduct a more thorough examination of the treatments.
The European Medicines Agency has announced on Friday that it's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) would look at all JAK inhibitors following the recent findings of a clinical trial of the Xeljanz, which sho...