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TOFACITINIB CITRATE, NDA 208246
The patents and exclusivities FDA's Orange Book lists for NDA 208246 as captured on 14 October 2026, each date named by its rule and its rows, and the rows of FDA's Paragraph IV list that give this NDA's number, as captured on 17 October 2026. Listed protection is a range of dates, never one date.
FDA capture · review pending. Each row is shown as captured from FDA's Orange Book files and Paragraph IV list. Dates are FDA's own; spreadsheet day numbers are shown as dates, and a cell that cannot be read as one date is shown as written and left out of the range. Where FDA lists a *PED row without flags, its flags are read from the base row and marked so. A Paragraph IV row is placed here only by the number in its RLD/NDA cell; nothing is joined by name. How this page reads FDA's files has not been independently reviewed by a regulatory-affairs reviewer.
- Orange Book captured
- 14 October 2026
- Paragraph IV list captured
- 17 October 2026
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
- Data-branch commit
- dadcab56563716abea6c5e31a5e1970080c778ef
Listed protection is a range of the dates FDA lists, not a forecast of market entry, and not legal, regulatory or investment advice.
Dates as listed in FDA's Orange Book capture of 14 October 2026. This page does not say whether a date has passed; compare it with today's date and FDA's current Orange Book. This page shows only what the capture of 14 October 2026 lists. It does not show patents or exclusivities listed before and since removed.
Listed protection
Listed dates run from 8 Dec 2025 to 14 Sep 2034, each by its own rule; no one date stands for this product.
- Earliest listed date
- 8 Dec 2025US RE41783, substance patentRule R1 · Products 001, 002 · patent.txt lines 8,381, 8,390
- Latest listed date
- 14 Sep 2034US 9,937,181 with pediatric exclusivity, as listedRule R2 · Product 001 · patent.txt line 8,378
- Latest substance patent
- 8 Jun 2026US RE41783 with pediatric exclusivity, as listedRule R2 · Products 001, 002 · patent.txt lines 8,380, 8,389
- Latest listed patent
- 14 Sep 2034US 9,937,181 with pediatric exclusivity, as listedRule R2 · Product 001 · patent.txt line 8,378
- Latest exclusivity
- None listed
8 use-code patents, blocking the coded use only
Products
Each product number FDA lists under NDA 208246, as listed. The sections below name products by these numbers.
Product 001 · XELJANZ XR
- Dosage form; route
- TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE;ORAL
- Strength
- EQ 11MG BASE
- Approval date as listed
- 23 Feb 2016
- Type as listed
- RX
- Applicant as listed
- PFIZER INC
Product 002 · XELJANZ XR
- Dosage form; route
- TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE;ORAL
- Strength
- EQ 22MG BASE
- Approval date as listed
- 12 Dec 2019
- Type as listed
- RX
- Applicant as listed
- PFIZER INC
Listed patents
Every patent the FDA lists for this product, as the application holder submitted it, with its flags. The FDA does not verify listings.
11 entries from 18 rows as listed; rows merge only where every cell shown is the same, each with its product numbers.
US RE41783, substance patent
patent.txt lines 8,381, 8,390- Expiry as listed
- 8 Dec 2025
- Rule
- R1
- Flags
- substance
- Product numbers
- 001, 002
US RE41783 with pediatric exclusivity, as listed
patent.txt lines 8,380, 8,389- Expiry as listed
- 8 Jun 2026
- Rule
- R2
- Flags
- substance · pediatric, as listed by FDA (from the base row)
- Product numbers
- 001, 002
US 10,639,309, product patent
patent.txt line 8,383- Expiry as listed
- 14 Mar 2034
- Rule
- R1
- Flags
- product
- Product numbers
- 002
US 11,253,523, use patent
patent.txt lines 8,374, 8,385- Expiry as listed
- 14 Mar 2034
- Rule
- R1
- Flags
- use code U-3326
- Product numbers
- 001, 002
US 11,253,523, use patent
patent.txt lines 8,375, 8,386- Expiry as listed
- 14 Mar 2034
- Rule
- R1
- Flags
- use code U-3327
- Product numbers
- 001, 002
US 11,253,523, use patent
patent.txt lines 8,376, 8,387- Expiry as listed
- 14 Mar 2034
- Rule
- R1
- Flags
- use code U-3328
- Product numbers
- 001, 002
US 11,253,523, use patent
patent.txt lines 8,377, 8,388- Expiry as listed
- 14 Mar 2034
- Rule
- R1
- Flags
- use code U-3329
- Product numbers
- 001, 002
US 9,937,181, product patent
patent.txt line 8,379- Expiry as listed
- 14 Mar 2034
- Rule
- R1
- Flags
- product
- Product numbers
- 001
US 10,639,309 with pediatric exclusivity, as listed
patent.txt line 8,382- Expiry as listed
- 14 Sep 2034
- Rule
- R2
- Flags
- product · pediatric, as listed by FDA (from the base row)
- Product numbers
- 002
US 11,253,523 with pediatric exclusivity, as listed
patent.txt lines 8,373, 8,384- Expiry as listed
- 14 Sep 2034
- Rule
- R2
- Flags
- pediatric, as listed by FDA (from the base row)
- Product numbers
- 001, 002
US 9,937,181 with pediatric exclusivity, as listed
patent.txt line 8,378- Expiry as listed
- 14 Sep 2034
- Rule
- R2
- Flags
- product · pediatric, as listed by FDA (from the base row)
- Product numbers
- 001
Listed exclusivities
Each exclusivity FDA lists for NDA 208246, with its code, FDA's definition of the code where the store's code list gives one, and its date as listed.
The Orange Book capture of 14 October 2026 lists no exclusivity for NDA 208246.
Paragraph IV list rows giving NDA 208246
The rows of FDA's Paragraph IV certifications list as captured on 17 October 2026 whose RLD/NDA cell gives NDA 208246, each cell as listed.
FDA's Paragraph IV list names no patent number, so it does not say which of the patents on this page an applicant certified against.
The list gives the last qualifying patent's expiry without pediatric exclusivity; in the app's Patents view, the Orange Book lists any *PED period as a separate row with its own date. The two dates describe different things. A blank cell is one FDA left blank in its list. Dates are FDA's own; the last qualifying patent expiry is not recomputed from the Orange Book.
Rows whose RLD/NDA cell we could not read as exactly one NDA number are kept apart on the list page; some may concern this product.
Rows on FDA's Paragraph IV list whose RLD/NDA cell gives NDA 208246
Tofacitinib Citrate · Extended-release Tablets · 11 mg
RLD/NDA as listed: Xeljanz XR 208246- First PIV submission
- 7 Nov 2016
- ANDAs
- 1
- 180-day status
- Extinguished
- Decision posted
- 10 Aug 2020
- First applicant approval
- blank
- First marketing
- blank
- Last qualifying patent expiry (as listed by FDA)
- 25 Mar 2023
Tofacitinib Citrate · Extended-release Tablets · 22 mg
RLD/NDA as listed: Xeljanz XR 208246- First PIV submission
- 28 Dec 2020
- ANDAs
- 1
- 180-day status
- Eligible
- Decision posted
- 24 Aug 2021
- First applicant approval
- 19 Aug 2021
- First marketing
- 19 Aug 2021
- Last qualifying patent expiry (as listed by FDA)
- 14 Mar 2034
Notes from the trace
- R6 tentative approvals: not in the Orange Book data files as captured; the Drugs@FDA join is a later ruling.
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