Pfizer PFE announced that it has received a positive recommendation from European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (“CHMP”) for its investigational once-daily JAK1 inhibitor, abrocitinib, for the treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis in adults who are candidates for systemic therapy.The CHMP’s recommendation is based on positive data from five phase III studies and a long-term extension study that evaluated abroticinib in more than 3,100 patients.Please note that the regulatory filings for the drug are already under priority review with the FDA. Also, the drug has already received marketing authorization in the U.K. and Japan this year under the trade name Cibinqo.In the year so far, the stock price of Pfizer has risen 12.7% in comparison with the industry’s 9.1% growth.Image Source: Zacks Investment ResearchThe company also announced that the CHMP has recommended label expansion of its marketed JAK inhibitor Xeljanz (tofacitinib) for the treatment of adult patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) who have responded inadequately to conventional therapy.The recommendation from CHMP is based on positive data from the phase III study that evaluated the safety and efficacy of Xeljanz in comparison with placebo in active AS patients.Please note that Xeljanz is currently approved in the EU for four indications - rheumatoid arthritis (RA), active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), ulcerative colitis (UC) and active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).Based on positive recommendations from CHMP, Pfizer anticipates potential approval for both its JAK inhibitors in their given indications by 2021-end. An application seeking approval of Xeljanz for AS is under review with the FDA.JAK inhibitors have been in the spotlight in the United States. In September, the FDA issued a directive that the labels of three JAK inhibitor medicines — Xeljanz/Xeljanz XR, Lilly LLY /Incyte’s INCY Olumiant (baricitinib) and AbbVie’s ABBV Rinvoq (upadacitinib) — approved to treat certain chronic inflammatory conditions should include warnings about an increased risk of serious heart-related events, cancer, blood clots, and even death.The decision came in the light of the completion of the review of safety data from Pfizer’s post-marketing study, ORAL Surveillance, on Xeljanz in patients with RA. The FDA’s review of the final data from the study showed that patients treated with both low and high doses of Xeljanz experienced a higher rate of serious heart-related events such as heart attack, stroke, cancer, blood clots, and death compared to those treated with TNF inhibitors. Previously, the FDA thought that only a higher dose of Xeljanz would increase such risks. The FDA required the warnings to be added not just to Xeljanz’s label but also on Olumiant (baricitinib) and Rinvoq (upadacitinib), even though no similar safety studies on these two medicines have been conducted. The FDA argued that since they share the same mechanism of action as Xeljanz, they may carry similar risks as identified in Xeljanz’s safety study.Pfizer Inc. Price Pfizer Inc. price | Pfizer Inc. QuoteZacks RankPfizer currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here. Time to Invest in Legal Marijuana If you’re looking for big gains, there couldn’t be a better time to get in on a young industry primed to skyrocket from $17.7 billion back in 2019 to an expected $73.6 billion by 2027. After a clean sweep of 6 election referendums in 5 states, pot is now legal in 36 states plus D.C. Federal legalization is expected soon and that could be a still greater bonanza for investors. Even before the latest wave of legalization, Zacks Investment Research has recommended pot stocks that have shot up as high as +285.9%. You’re invited to check out Zacks’ Marijuana Moneymakers: An Investor’s Guide. It features a timely Watch List of pot stocks and ETFs with exceptional growth potential.Today, Download Marijuana Moneymakers FREE >>Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Pfizer Inc. (PFE): Free Stock Analysis Report Eli Lilly and Company (LLY): Free Stock Analysis Report Incyte Corporation (INCY): Free Stock Analysis Report AbbVie Inc. (ABBV): Free Stock Analysis Report To read this article on Zacks.com click here. Zacks Investment Research