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- New Blood Test Gets Leg Up On Advanced Melanomahttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/new-blood-test-gets-leg-up-on-advanced-melanoma/2458756/A blood test that monitors blood levels of DNA fragments from dead cancer cells may be better at tracking progression of metastatic melanoma than the current standard blood test. The standard test measures blood levels of the enzyme lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), which tend to spike during aggres…
- Ranbaxy Launches Patient Education Resources for Acne Patients Featuring Athlete Kelly Clarkhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/ranbaxy-launches-patient-education-resources-for-acne-patients-featuring-athlete-kelly-clark/2458758/Ranbaxy Laboratories Inc, a SUN PHARMA company, has launched of a variety of patient education resources featuring gold medal-winning snowboarder and 2015 ESPY Best Female Action Sports Athlete Kelly Clark. The tools are housed on ABSORICA.COM. Absorica® (isotretinoin) capsules are indicated for t…
- Galderma Laboratories, L.P. Appoints Miles Harrison as Leader of U.S. and Canadahttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/galderma-laboratories-lp-appoints-miles-harrison-as-leader-of-us-and-canada/2458762/Galderma promoted Miles Harrison to President and General Manager of Galderma Laboratories, L.P. leading the US and Canada teams. Miles Harrison joined Galderma US in 2014 as the Vice President and General Manager of the company's Self-Medication Business Unit, which the brand Cetaphil®. Under his…
- Immune and BioNanoSim Enter Agreement to Develop Novel Topical Nano-Capsule Formulation of Cyclosporinehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/immune-and-bionanosim-enter-agreement-to-develop-novel-topical-nano-capsule-forumlation-of-cyclosporine/2458768/Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc. entered into an exclusive worldwide licensing and development agreement with BioNanoSim Ltd. for a novel topical nano-capsule formulation of cyclosporine, also known as cyclosporine-A or CsA. Monica Luchi, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Immune, commented: "Oral cyclospo…
- Laser Combination Therapy Promising for Cutaneous Leishmaniasishttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/laser-combination-therapy-promising-for-cutaneous-leishmaniasis/2458769/Combination therapy using ablative fractional laser resurfacing, in combination with laser-assisted delivery of topical paromomycin appears to be effective for treatment of leishmaniasis, according to a pilot study published in the December 2015 issue of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine (LSM). The re…
- Valeant Announces J. Michael Pearson Will Be On Medical Leave of Absencehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/valeant-announces-j-michael-pearson-will-be-on-medical-leave-of-absence/2458770/Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. announced that chairman and chief executive officer J. Michael Pearson will be on a medical leave of absence, effective immediately. The company's board of directors has created an Office of the Chief Executive Officer, which will include Robert Chai-Onn,…
- Practical Dermatology Preview: Drug Companies, Insurance Companies, Pharmacists, the Government, Doctors and…Oh, Patients!https://practicaldermatology.com/news/practical-dermatology-preview-drug-companies-insurance-companies-pharmacists-the-government-doctors-andoh-patients/2458774/Recently, a relationship between Valeant Pharmaceuticals and a specialty pharmacy, Philidor, was revealed, with significant consequences to Valeant and equally significant consequences for the pharmacy. The full story is still unfolding as of this time, but the interpretations of these types of rel…
- Valeant Issues Updated Financial Guidancehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/valeant-issues-updated-financial-guidance/2458779/Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. announced updated financial guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2015 as well as new guidance for full year 2016. "We are very excited about the strong future given our broad portfolio of brands, our upcoming launch products and our robust R&D p…
- Valeant Offers Comment on Fake Twitter Accounthttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/valeant-offers-comment-on-fake-twitter-account/2458786/Valeant issued the following statement about a fake Twitter account created to impersonate Mike Pearson: We are aware that someone impersonating Mike Pearson has created an account on Twitter, and we have contacted Twitter to report the unauthorized use. Mike Pearson does not have a Twitter accou…
- AMA Disappointed CMS Moving Ahead with Problematic Information on Website for Patientshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/ama-disappointed-cms-moving-ahead-with-problematic-information-on-website-for-patients/2458788/The AMA is "dismayed" that CMS is moving forward with its Physician Compare website, the AMA has issued a statement to express its concern "that incomplete and potentially inaccurate information...will misinform patients." “Given the widespread accuracy issues with the 2014 PQRS calculations, the …