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- FDA Proposes Ban on Most Powdered Medical Gloveshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/fda-proposes-ban-on-most-powdered-medical-gloves/2458639/The FDA has proposed a ban on most powdered gloves in the United States. While use of these gloves is decreasing, they pose an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury to health care providers, patients and other individuals who are exposed to them, which cannot be corrected through n…
- Bernie Sanders Urges Treasury to Block Pfizer-AGN Mergerhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/bernie-sanders-urges-treasury-to-block-pfizer-agn-merger/2458642/Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is urging the US Treasury to prevent the Pfizer-Allergan deal, according to media reports. Calling it a ‘tax scam” in a letter to the US Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew, Sanders suggests that blocking the inversion would also serve as strong deterr…
- FDA Approves PMA Supplement for MelaFind from STRATA Scienceshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/fda-accepts-pma-for-melafind-from-strata-sciences/2458644/The FDA has approved STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc.’s PMA supplement for the MelaFind System. The FDA approved MelaFind’s use of the “classifier score data”, a quantitative result derived by the MelaFind System that can be beneficially used in conjunction with the previously approved binary result (yes…
- New Research Suggests Why PD-1 Blockers Don't Work for All Melanoma Patientshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/new-research-suggests-why-pd-1-blockers-dont-work-for-all-melanoma-patients/2458645/Immunotherapy using anti-PD-1 antibodies has been a game change for metastatic melanoma patients, but 60 to 70 percent of patients’ melanoma tumors are resistant to the anti-PD-1 antibodies. Now new research out of UCLA suggests that patterns of gene mutations and expression in a melanoma tumor be…
- Revance Therapeutics Appoints Roman G. Rubio, MD, MBA, as Senior Vice President of Clinical Developmenthttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/revance-therapeutics-appoints-roman-g-rubio-md-mba-as-senior-vice-president-of-clinical-development/2458649/Revance Therapeutics, Inc. has named Roman G. Rubio, MD, MBA Senior Vice President of Clinical Development. Dr. Rubio will report to Chief Operating Officer Abhay Joshi, and will lead the company’s clinical development team, focusing on further accelerating the advancement of Revance’s neurotoxin d…
- Smartphone Microscopes May Aid Skin Cancer Detection in Developing Worldhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/smartphone-microscopes-may-aid-skin-cancer-detection-in-developing-world/2458648/Smartphone microscopes may improve the detection of skin cancer in developing countries, according to a study in the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Harvard Medical School in Boston compared findi…
- StriVectin® Taps Beauty Vet Joan Malloy As New CEOhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/strivectin-taps-beauty-vet-joan-malloy-as-new-ceo/2458650/Congrats! Joan Malloy is the new Chief Executive Officer of StriVectin®. For the past six years, Ms. Malloy served as CEO/President of Alterna Haircare. Prior to Alterna, she held senior marketing positions at Frederic Fekkai, Lancome and Estee Lauder. "It is with great enthusiasm that I look for…
- Blood Test May ID Early Signs of Metastatic Melanoma Relapsehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/blood-test-may-id-early-signs-of-metastatic-melanoma-relapse/2458653/A new blood test may be able to detect metatstatic melanoma relapse earlier than is currently possible, according to a study published in the journal Cancer Discovery. Scientists from the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute studied circulating tumor DNA in blood samples from seven advanced mel…
- First Ever SkinCeuticals Aesthetic Center for Men Opens in DChttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/first-ever-skinceuticals-aesthetic-center-for-men-opens-in-dc/2458654/SkinCeuticals cut the ribbon on their first ever brick-and-mortar Center for men in Washington, DC. The SkinCeuticals Aesthetic Center is located within W for Men at the Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery. "Men are increasingly interested in looking and feeling their best. Educat…
- APP® Membership Now Has More Rewards: Three Syneron Candela Platformshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/app-membership-now-has-more-rewards-three-syneron-candela-platforms/2458655/Syneron Medical Ltd. and Allergan plc are joining forces to offer three of Syneron Candela's body sculpting and skincare platforms to members of Allergan Partner Privileges® (APP®). Effective immediately, all members of APP® will receive discounted pricing on Syneron's UltraShape and VelaShape III…