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- Vyome Biosciences: FDA Has Accepted IND for Investigational Acne Therapyhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/vyome-biosciences-fda-has-accepted-ind-for-investigational-acne-therapy/2458728/The FDA has accepted from Vyome Biosciences an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for the initiation of clinical studies for its lead program VB 1953, a topical therapeutic candidate for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acne. Vyome plans to start the Phase I clinical trials very soon.<
- Valeant: FDA Accepts BLA for Brodalumabhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/valeant-fda-accepts-bla-for-brodalumab/2458726/The FDA has accepted for review the Biologics License Application (BLA) submitted by AstraZeneca in partnership with Valeant, for brodalumab injection, 210mg, a monoclonal antibody that targets the IL-17 receptor, in development for patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. The FDA has a
- Novartis Teams with Pro Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman on Melanoma Educationhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/novartis-teams-with-pro-football-hall-of-famer-troy-aikman-on-melanoma-education/2458727/Troy Aikman, diagnosed with stage II melanoma in 1998, has teamed up with Novartis for the Melanoma Just Got Personal campaign. The campaign has created personalized markings to show the different mutations of melanoma. Campaign partners are asking patients and supporters to show th
- Surgical Specialties Corporation Acquires FSSB Chirurgische Nadein GMBHhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/surgical-specialties-corporation-acquires-fssb-chirurgische-nadein-gmbh/2458735/Surgical Specialties Corporation has acquired all shares of FSSB Chirurgische Nadein GMBH (FSSB) and affiliated entities. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition will be immediately accretive to both Surgical Specialties' sales and adjusted EBITDA. FSSB was founded in 1995 by c
- New Web Tool May Curb Indoor Tanning Use Among Coedshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/new-web-tool-may-curb-indoor-tanning-use-among-coeds/2458737/A web-based intervention that taps into indoor tanning users’ perceptions about the value of tanning may help curb tanning bed use among young females, suggests research out of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick. Research has shown that some indoor tanners do so
- Indoor Tanning Linked to Teen Substance Abusehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/indoor-tanning-linked-to-teen-substance-abuse/2458742/New research links teen indoor tanning with substance abuse. In a study of Colorado high school students, teens who took steroids were among the most likely to use tanning beds, especially adolescent boys. Alcohol consumption in the past 30 days, marijuana use and lifetime use of select i
- Is Pregnancy-Associated Melanoma More Lethal? Study Says Yeshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/is-pregnancy-associated-melanoma-more-lethal-study-says-yes/2458744/Women who develop melanoma during their pregnancy or within one year of it are more likely to die from the disease, a new study suggests. Specifically, women diagnosed with malignant melanoma during their pregnancy or within one year of giving birth were 5.1-times as likely to die, 6.9-ti
- FDA Approves Two New indications for Cosentyxhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/fda-approves-tow-new-indications-for-cosentyx/2458745/The FDA has approved Cosentyx® (secukinumab, Novartis) for two new indications - the treatment of adult patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). AS and PsA are both life-long, painful and debilitating inflammatory diseases tha
- Concern About Zika Virus in US Set to Escalatehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/concern-about-zika-virus-in-us-set-to-escalate/2458751/U.S dermatologists may start to receive calls from patients who are concerned about infection with Zika virus – particularly pregnant ones. Zika is now spreading rapidly across Latin America and the Caribbean. So far, one case has been identified in Houston, but the possibility
- 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 t