Dermatology

Allergan plans to acquire Vitae Pharmaceuticals and their experimental dermatology drugs.

New research compares cardiovascular issues among patients with type 2 diabetes and psoriasis.

Approximately 70% of patients with lesions had S. aureus colonization.

Debra Michaud, RN, MS, ARNP, FCP-C, MBA, senior clinician with MinuteClinic/CVS Health, lists the comorbidities that often accompany psoriasis.

Debra Michaud, RN, MS, ARNP, FCP-C, MBA, senior clinician with MinuteClinic/CVS Health, discusses the key counseling points associated with psoriasis therapies.

Debra Michaud, RN, MS, ARNP, FCP-C, MBA, senior clinician with MinuteClinic/CVS Health, outlines some of the major pharmacologic treatment options for psoriasis.

Immunotherapy for lung cancer patients may cause other conditions to become worse.

Specialty pharmacies may be able to better monitor comorbid conditions in psoriatic arthritis patients.

Ixekizumab fully or partially cleared moderate-to-severe psoriasis in 80% of patients.

Patients with psoriasis who are exposed to physical trauma face an elevated risk of developing psoriatic arthritis.

An experimental biologic known as brodalumab may prove to be an effective treatment for symptoms of psoriasis.

Recent study results have suggested that patients with psoriasis are at higher risk of developing major depression than those without the inflammatory skin condition.

Tofacitinib citrate (Xeljanz) treats adults with active psoriatic arthritis.

Dupilumab plus topical corticosteroids shows positive results in patients with inadequately controlled moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis.

Approximately half of patients who received a high dose of the stem cells had reduced symptoms.

Conflicting opinions exist between the National Eczema Association and ITSAN about the safety of topical corticosteroids.

Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease test can be administered via a touch screen.

Study evaluates whether etanercept monotherapy treats psoriatic arthritis as effectively as the combination of etanercept and methotrexate.

Almost half of Medicare patients taking biologic therapies for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis stop treatment within a year.

Certolizumab pegol is a safe alternative tumor necrosis factor-a inhibitor with some benefits for psoriatic arthritis patients.

An interaction between CARD14 and MALT1 creates increased immune response and inflammation in patients with psoriasis.

Study evaluates whether smoking cigarettes worsens clinical damage in PsA patients as it does in rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.

Ixekizumab found safe and effective for short term treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque-type psoriasis.

Evaluating prior unsuccessful therapies could potentially improve psoriasis treatment.