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- Valeant Announces CEO Succession Plan And Changes To Board; Provides Accounting And Financial Reporting Updatehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/valeant-announces-ceo-succession-plan-and-changes-to-board-provides-accounting-and-financial-reporting-update/2458640/Valeant’s board has initiated a search to identify a candidate to succeed J. Michael Pearson as chief executive officer (CEO). Mr. Pearson will continue to serve as CEO and a director until his replacement is appointed. The company also announced that William A. Ackman, CEO of Persh
- 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 t
- Study Links Psoriasis to Bone Loss. Is IL-17 to Blame?https://practicaldermatology.com/news/study-links-psoriasis-to-bone-loss-is-il-17-to-blame/2458641/Psoriasis is linked to widespread bone loss, according to Researchers from the Genes, Development and Disease Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid. The new study, which appears in Sc
- Vitae Achieves Proof-of-Concept with First-in-Class RORyt Inhibitor for Psoriasishttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/vitae-achieves-proof-of-concept-with-first-in-class-roryt-inhibitor-for-psoriasis/2458643/Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc. shared positive top-line results from its Phase 2a proof-of-concept clinical trial of VTP-43742 in psoriatic patients. VTP-43742 is Vitae's wholly owned, first-in-class, orally active RORγt inhibitor with the potential to transform the treatment of multiple a
- 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
- 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
- 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 a
- Do the FDA's Proposed Regulations on Tanning Bed Use Go Far Enough?https://practicaldermatology.com/news/do-the-fdas-proposed-regulations-on-tanning-bed-use-go-far-enough/2458646/As the comment period on the US Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to restrict tanning bed use winds down, researchers are weighing in on the proposal's merits and potential shortfalls. Investigators
- 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 Reva
- Dark Beer? Green Cabbage? The Scoop on St. Patrick's Day's Hidden Beauty Secretshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/dark-beer-green-cabbage-the-scoop-on-st-patricks-days-hidden-beauty-secrets/2458647/It’s easy to be green on St. Patrick’s day (March 17th), but many skin care companies are now carrying this torch 365 days a year. And going green isn’t the only St. Paddy’s day tradition that promises beauty benefits. Companies such as