Etrasimod - Pfizer
Alternative Names: APD-334; Etrasimod arginine - Pfizer; Etrasimod L-arginine; PF-07915503; VELSIPITY; VerespitiLatest Information Update: 29 Aug 2025
At a glance
- Originator Arena Pharmaceuticals
- Developer Arena Pharmaceuticals; Everest Medicines; Pfizer
- Class 3-ring heterocyclic compounds; Acetic acids; Amino acids; Anti-inflammatories; Benzene derivatives; Cyclopentanes; Ethers; Fluorinated hydrocarbons; Indoles; Skin disorder therapies; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor modulators
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Ulcerative colitis
- Phase II/III Atopic dermatitis
- Phase II Eosinophilic oesophagitis
- Discontinued Alopecia areata; Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Pyoderma gangrenosum
Most Recent Events
- 18 Jul 2025 Pfizer initiates enrolment in a phase I pharmacokinetics trial (In volunteers) in Belgium (PO) (EUCT2025-520930-44-00)
- 24 Jun 2025 Registered for Ulcerative colitis (In the elderly, In adolescents, In adults) in Japan (PO)
- 16 Jun 2025 Pfizer terminates a phase II/III trial in Crohn's disease (In the elderly, In adults) in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA (PO) due to study was prematurely discontinued due to a lack of efficacy in sub-study 1 (NCT04173273) (EudraCT2019-002895-14)