Oral Atopic Dermatitis Market Crowded, But Arena Sees Room

The company showed improvement on an endpoint used in several Phase III studies of JAK inhibitors, but with a potentially better safety profile.

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Arena plans a Phase III trial in the fourth quarter of 2021 • Source: Shutterstock

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is jumping into the competitive atopic dermatitis field with etrasimod, an agent that looks set to take on the well-established JAK inhibitor class with a potentially favorable safety profile, despite its latest clinical trial missing the primary endpoint in late 2020.

The Park City, UT-based company presented data from the Phase IIb ADVISE study of etrasimod in adults with moderate-to-severe atopic...

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