JAK inhibitor

Alopecia

First oral therapy for severe alopecia areata approved in UK

7 October 2022

The MHRA has granted marketing authorisation for Eli Lilly’s baricitinib (Olumiant), the first licensed JAK inhibitor for the treatment of severe alopecia areata in adult patients.   The authorisation was based on BRAVE-AA1 and BRAVE-AA2 studies which both met the primary endpoint of the proportion of patients achieving SALT ≤20 (i.e., 80% or more scalp hair […]