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- Bristol Myers Squibb Advances Melanoma Drug Candidate Opdivo in US and Europehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/bristol-myers-squibb-advances-melanoma-drug-candidate-opdivo-in-us-and-europe/2461583/Bristol Myers Squibb announced that the FDA has accepted the supplemental Biologics License Application (BLA) for Opdivo (nivolumab) as monotherapy in the adjuvant setting for the treatment of patients with completely resected stage IIB or IIC melanoma. The company also announced t
- Update: Two More Payers to Cover DermTech’s Melanoma Testhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/update-two-more-payers-to-cover-dermtechs-melanoma-test/2461514/Two new payers plan to cover the DermTech Melanoma Test, making the foundational assay available to approximately 1.2 million more people. The new insurers are Blues plan in Hawaii and a physician-founded, member-focused and community-based not-for-profit health plan in New York. T
- First Patient Dosed in Phase II Clinical Trial of TLL018-205 for PsOhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/first-patient-dosed-in-phase-ii-clinical-trial-of-tll018-205-for-pso/2461511/The first patient has been enrolled and dosed in a Phase II study evaluating the efficacy and safety of TLL-018 fpr moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. This study is sponsored by Hangzhou Highlightll Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (Highlightll Pharmaceutical, USA). T
- EWG: FDA Must Ban Oxybenzone in Sunscreen Now!https://practicaldermatology.com/news/ewg-fda-must-ban-oxybenzone-in-sunscreen-now/2461405/The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should ban oxybenzone in sunscreens, according to researchers at the Environmental Working Group (EWG). For decades, sunscreen makers have used oxybenzone in their products, despite concerns about its health harms. In 2021, the FDA t
- Seborrheic Dermatitis Survey Shows Burdensome and Lengthy Path to Diagnosishttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/seborrheic-dermatitis-survey-shows-burdensome-and-lengthy-path-to-diagnosis/2461396/Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc., shared results of a nationwide survey of adults with seborrheic dermatitis and the health care providers who treat them that highlights the long path to diagnosis and the general lack of awareness and education about the disease. The online survey was conducted by T
- Skin Microbiome Linked to GVHD Following Stem Cell Transplant in Leukemiahttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/skin-microbiome-linked-to-gvhd-following-stem-cell-transplant-in-leukemia/2461385/Organ damage occurs in up to 70 percent of patients in the first few months following stem cell transplant, but the precise reasons for this potentially life-threatening reaction haven’t been fully understood. Now, researchers led by Georg Stary from the Department of Dermatology at MedUni
- Survey: Many Skip Yearly Derm Visitshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/survey-many-skip-yearly-derm-visits/2461306/Many folks are avoiding the dermatologist and other specialists, according to a nationwide survey of more than 1,050 people by Myvision.org Fully 48 percent of survey respondents don’t remember the last time they went to the dermatologist, and only 10 percent
- Lauren Miller, MPAS, PA-C Begins Term as SDPA Presidenthttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/lauren-miller-mpas-pa-c-begins-term-as-sdpa-president/2461267/Lauren Miller, MPAS, PA-C is president of the Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants Board of Directors. Ms. Miller, a DermPA™ with Dermatology Specialists in Gadsden, AL, will serve a one-year term leading the nine-member elected board. “I am honored and humbled t
- Handheld Device May Painlessly Identify Skin Cancershttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/handheld-device-may-painlessly-identify-skin-cancers/2461188/Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology are developing a low-cost handheld device that could cut the rate of unnecessary biopsies in half and give dermatologists and other frontline physicians easy access to laboratory-grade cancer diagnostics. “We aren’t trying
- Pathologist Survey: Melanoma Is Overdiagnosedhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/pathologist-survey-melanoma-is-overdiagnosed/2461180/Many pathologists agree that overdiagnosis of skin cancer happens, but don’t change diagnosis behavior, according to a new study. “Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of disease that will not harm a person in their lifetime. If melanoma is being overdiagnosed, it means that too m