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Pfizer Suspends Tanezumab Osteoarthritis Trials

Pfizer, Inc. has suspended the osteoarthritis clinical program for its investigational drug tanezumab following a request by the FDA based a several reports of tanezumab patients experiencing the worsening of osteoarthritis leading to joint replacement.

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Pfizer, Inc. has suspended the osteoarthritis clinical program for its investigational drug tanezumab following a request by the FDA based a several reports of tanezumab patients experiencing the worsening of osteoarthritis leading to joint replacement. To date, this adverse event has not been observed in non-osteoarthritis patient populations taking tanezumab. The clinical hold includes the suspension of recruitment of new patients, the dosing of existing patients in the osteoarthritis progr...

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