U.S. FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for Baricitinib
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The letter indicates that the
"We are disappointed with this action. We remain confident in the
benefit/risk of baricitinib as a new treatment option for adults with
moderate-to-severe RA," said
Lilly and
Lilly is reaffirming both its financial guidance for 2017 and its
mid-term guidance for the remainder of this decade.
About Baricitinib
Baricitinib is a once-daily oral JAK inhibitor currently in clinical studies for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. There are four known JAK enzymes: JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 and TYK2. JAK-dependent cytokines have been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, suggesting that JAK inhibitors may be useful for the treatment of a broad range of inflammatory conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis.
In
About Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation and progressive destruction of joints.[i,ii] More than 23 million people worldwide suffer from RA.[iii] Approximately three times as many women as men have the disease. Current treatment of RA includes the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, oral conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs), such as methotrexate - the current standard of care - and injectable, biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) that target selected mediators implicated in the pathogenesis of RA.[iv] Despite current treatment options, many patients do not reach their therapeutic goals or sustained remission.[v,vi] There remains an important need to provide additional treatments to improve overall patient care.
About Baricitinib Phase 3 Trials
Lilly and
About Incyte
Incyte Corporation is a Wilmington,
Follow @Incyte on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Incyte.
About Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly is a global healthcare leader that unites caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We were founded more than a century ago by a man committed to creating high-quality medicines that meet real needs, and today we remain true to that mission in all our work. Across the globe, Lilly employees work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. To learn more about Lilly, please visit us at www.lilly.com and newsroom.lilly.com/social-channels.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements (as that term
is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995)
about baricitinib as a potential treatment for patients with rheumatoid
arthritis and reflects Lilly's and Incyte's current beliefs. However,
as with any pharmaceutical product, there are substantial risks and
uncertainties in the process of development and commercialization. Among
other things, there can be no guarantee that baricitinib will achieve
its primary endpoints, receive regulatory approvals, or be commercially
successful. For further discussion of these and other risks and
uncertainties, see Lilly's and Incyte's most recent respective Form 10-K
and Form 10-Q filings with the
i American College of Rheumatology, Rheumatoid Arthritis, http://www.rheumatology.org/practice/clinical/patients/diseases_and_conditions/ra.asp.
Accessed
ii Hand Clinics, Advances
in the Medical Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135413/pdf/nihms305780.pdf.
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iii WHO Global
Burden of Disease Report, (table 7, page 32) 2004, http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_full.pdf.
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iv Arthritis Foundation,
Medications for Rheumatoid Arthritis, http://www.arthritistoday.org/about-arthritis/types-of-arthritis/rheumatoid-arthritis/treatment-plan/medication-overview/ra-medications.php.
Accessed
v Rheumatoid arthritis,
vi Sustained rheumatoid
arthritis remission is uncommon in clinical practice,
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