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- Syneron Candela Completes Transaction with Funds Advised by Apax Partners; Becomes a Private Companyhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/syneron-candela-completes-transaction-with-funds-advised-by-apax-partners-becomes-a-private-company/2458121/Syneron Medical Ltd. announced the successful completion of its acquisition by an affiliate of funds advised by Apax Partners for $11.00 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $400 million. The transacti
- FDA Approves Janssen's Tremfya for Moderate To Severe Plaque Psoriasishttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/fda-approves-janssens-tremfya-for-moderate-to-severe-plaque-psoriasis/2458123/The FDA has approved Janssen's Tremfya (guselkumab) for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy. Tremfya is the first and only approved biologic therapy that selectively blocks only IL-23, a cytokine that plays a
- Allergan CEO: Consensus Needed on Medical Aesthetic Treatment in Minorshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/allergan-ceo-consensus-needed-on-medical-aesthetic-treatment-in-minors/2458125/Allergan Chairman & CEO Brent Saunders, the father of two high school-aged girls, is speaking up and out about the risks associated with offering medical aesthetic treatments to minors. In a new blog post, he writes “we must remember that anyone under the age of 18 is still matu
- Derms Urged to Step Up Role in Antibiotic Stewardshiphttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/derms-urged-to-step-up-role-in-antibiotic-stewardship/2458126/Dermatologists can and should play a larger role in antibiotic stewardship, according to researchers out of Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Data from the CDC shows the average dermatology provider wrote 669 antibiotic prescriptions in 2014, t
- FOREO's New At-Home Blue Light Acne Pen Hits the US and Canadahttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/foreos-new-at-home-blue-light-acne-pen-hits-the-us-and-canada/2458129/FOREO's blue-light acne pen is now available in 333 stores in the US and Canada with more to be added by September 2017. The FOREO ESPADA comprises 415 nanometers (nm) of blue light energy combined with red cross-hair targeting that converges as ESP
- Array BioPharma Submits NDAs for Binimetinib and Encorafenib in Advanced Melanomahttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/array-biopharma-submits-ndas-for-binimetinib-and-encorafenib-in-advanced-melanoma/2458131/Array BioPharma submitted two New Drug Applications (NDAs) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of the combination of binimetinib 45 mg twice daily and encorafenib 450 mg once daily (COMBO450) for the treatment of patients with&nbs
- Study: Soolantra is Both Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Demodexhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/study-soolantra-is-both-anti-inflammatory-and-anti-demodex/2458132/A recently published study sought to find scientific rationale for the dual anti-inflammatory and anti-parasitic mode of action of topical ivermectin 1% cream (Soolantra) in patients with rosacea. In a monocentric pilot study, 20 Caucasian patients with moderate to severe rosacea, as asse
- Aclaris Initiates Phase 2b Trials of A-101 for Topical Treatment of Common Wartshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/aclaris-initiates-phase-2b-trials-of-a-101-for-topical-treatment-of-common-warts/2458135/Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. has initiated two Phase 2 clinical trials to evaluate A-101 45% topical solution (A-101 45%), an investigational drug for the treatment of common warts (verruca vulgaris). Over 22 million Americans have common warts, but there are currently no FDA-approved prescription
- FDA Approves SciBase's Nevisense for Melanoma Detectionhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/fda-approved-scibases-nevisense-for-melanoma-diagnosis/2458136/The FDA has approved the Scibase Pre-Market Approval (PMA) for Nevisense, a device for the early detection of malignant melanoma. According to the letter from the FDA the device is intended for use on cutaneous lesions with one or more clinical or historical characteristics of melano
- Braun Survey: Many Men Fret About Sensitive Skinhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/braun-survey-many-men-fret-over-sensitive-skin/2458133/Dry, sensitive or red skin is a major key cause for anxiety among UK men, and this often impedes upon their quality of life, according to a new survey from Braun. More than one in three (34 percent) of the 7,074 men surveyed described their sk