Pfizer study: Arthritis pill beats standard drug

businessweek.com — A late-stage study of Pfizer Inc.'s experimental drug for moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis found it worked better than the standard treatment, Pfizer said Tuesday. Pfizer released limited results of the study, called ORAL Start, of its tofacitinib. It's a new type of drug to fight the painful chronic inflammatory disorder, in which the immune system attacks the body's joints, particularly the hands and feet.
Pfizer's rheumatoid arthritis drug tofacitinib beats standard treatment in interim analysis; FDA approval delayed: AP t.co/ggStwO73