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- Provectus Biopharmaceuticals: Immune Mechanism of Action Data for PV-10 Presented at Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Annual Meetinghttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/provectus-biopharmaceuticals-immune-mechanism-of-action-data-for-pv-10-presented-at-society-for-immunotherapy-of-cancer-annual-meeting/2458823/Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, presented a poster titled, “Intralesional Rose Bengal in Melanoma Elicits Tumor Immunity via High Mobility Group Box 1,” at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 30th Anniversary Annual Meeting in National Harbor, MD, according to Provec…
- New Tattoo Survey Shows Tattoo Acceptance Up; Tattoo Regret Still an Issuehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/new-tattoo-survey-shows-tattoo-acceptance-up-tattoo-regret-still-an-issue/2458826/With nearly 40 percent of Americans ages 18-29 sporting ink, body art has not only become mainstream, but can actually up someone's stock. In a recent Syneron Candela survey, attitudes toward people with tattoos were overwhelmingly positive, being described as artistic and creative (50 percent), in…
- Dr. Mandy Honored with ASDS Stegman Awardhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/dr-mandy-honored-with-asds-stegman-award/2458828/Stephen H. Mandy, M.D., of Miami Beach, FL, was presented recently with the Samuel J. Stegman, MD, Award for Distinguished Service, the highest honor bestowed by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS). The Stegman Award – given to Dr. Mandy during the 2015 ASDS Annual Meeting in Chic…
- FDA Approves Yervoy for Adjuvant Treatment for Fully Resected Stage III Melanomahttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/fda-approves-yervoy-for-adjuvant-treatment-for-fully-resected-stage-iii-melanoma/2458829/The FDA approved Bristol-Myers Squibb Company’s Yervoy (ipilimumab) 10 mg/kg for the adjuvant treatment of patients with cutaneous melanoma with pathologic involvement of regional lymph nodes of more than 1mm who have undergone complete resection including total lymphadenectomy. This approval is ba…
- Phase 3 Data Show Promius Pharma's DFD-01 Met Primary Endpoints for the Treatment of Moderate Psoriasishttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/phase-3-data-show-promius-pharmas-dfd-01-met-primary-endpoints-for-the-treatment-of-moderate-psoriasis/2458833/Findings from two Phase III studies for Promius Pharma’s investigational psoriasis drug DFD-01 show that the agent achieved the primary endpoint at day 15. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients achieving treatment success at day 15 for both studies. In addition, both studies met a sec…
- Phase 2 Psoriasis Study Shows Positive Results for Boehringer Ingelheim's Investigational Biologichttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/phase-2-psoriasis-study-shows-positive-results-for-boehringer-ingelheims-investigational-biologic/2458837/Results from a Phase II head-to-head psoriasis study show superior efficacy of Boehringer Ingelheim’s investigational biologic compound BI 655066 over ustekinumab. After nine months, 69 percent of patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis maintained PASI 90 with BI 655066, compared to 30 pe…
- SecurityMetrics: HIPAA Report Reveals Healthcare's Shortcomingshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/hipaa-report-reveals-healthcares-shortcomings/2458840/A significant security disparity exists among healthcare c-suite and IT departments, outlined by the SecurityMetrics HIPAA Security Rule Report. In a survey of c-level, risk officers, and IT managers, a 10-20% gap was revealed between what executives believe is happening in regards to patient data …
- One Quarter of Americans Misled by Online Info: Surveyhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/one-quarter-of-americans-misled-by-online-info-survey/2458841/One in four Americans (24 percent) say they have been misled by information about an illness or medical symptom from an unverified online source, according to a new survey from Merck Manuals. That figure increases to 30 percent among parents with children under 18 and jumps to 43 percent among mill…
- OHSU Releases Mole Mapper App to Track Potential Skin Cancershttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/ohsu-releases-mole-mapper-app-to-track-potential-skin-cancers/2458843/Oregon Health & Science University released an iPhone app it says is designed to advance melanoma research by giving users the ability to accurately measure and monitor moles, and contribute photos of how their potential trouble spots evolve over time. Called Mole Mapper, the app is free to downloa…
- Study Demonstrates Duac Significantly Reduces Inflammatory Acne Lesionshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/study-demonstrates-duac-significantly-reduces-inflammatory-acne-lesions/2458846/Stiefel shared the findings of a head-to-head German study demonstrating that, in patients with mild-to-moderate acne vulgaris, treatment with Duac™ 3% (benzoyl peroxide 3% + clindamycin 1%) led to numerically fewer inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions from baseline compared to treatment with …