Ritlecitinib - Pfizer
Alternative Names: LITFULO; Litfulo; PF 06651600; PF 6651600; Ritlecitinib tosilate - Pfizer; Ritlecitinib tosylate - PfizerLatest Information Update: 27 Oct 2025
At a glance
- Originator Pfizer
- Developer National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Pfizer
- Class Amines; Anti-inflammatories; Antihyperglycaemics; Antirheumatics; Antiulcers; Heterocyclic bicyclo compounds; Ketones; Piperidines; Pyrimidines; Pyrroles; Skin disorder therapies; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Emt protein-tyrosine kinase inhibitors; Janus kinase 3 inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
No
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 Alopecia areata
- Phase III Ulcerative colitis; Vitiligo
- Phase II Coeliac disease; Crohn's disease; Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Discontinued Rheumatoid arthritis
Most Recent Events
- 24 Oct 2025 Pfizer plans a phase II trial for Chronic urticaria (Treatment-experienced) (PO) in October 2025 (NCT07219615)
- 31 Jul 2025 Phase-III clinical trials in Alopecia areata (In children, Treatment-experienced) in Japan, USA (PO) (NCT07029711)
- 15 Jul 2025 Pfizer terminates a phase II trial in Cutaneous T Cell Lymphomas in USA, due to no significant improvement in the disease as graded by the assessments (NCT05879458)