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- FDA Approves Expanded Indication for Merck's Keytruda for Treatment of Advanced Melanomahttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/fda-approves-expanded-indication-for-mercks-keytruda-for-treatment-of-advanced-melanoma/2458773/The FDA has approved an expanded indication for Merck’s Keytruda® (pembrolizumab), an anti-PD-1 (programmed death receptor-1) therapy, to include the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. This approval marks the second FDA-approved indication in advanced melanom…
- Novan Secures $50 Million Private Financinghttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/novan-secures-50-million-private-financing/2458973/Novan Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on advancing innovation in dermatology via nitric oxide therapies, today announced that it has secured $50 million in an oversubscribed private financing. New investor Malin Corporation Plc. (MLC: ISE) functioned as the cornerstone …
- Mechanical Micro-Coring Shows Promise for Neck Treatmenthttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/aslms-2024-mechanical-micro-coring-shows-promise-neck-treatment/2462716/Mechanical dermal micro-coring is a safe and effective option for improving skin laxity, texture, and wrinkles on the neck, based on new data appearing at the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) 43rd Annual Conference on Energy-based Medicine and Science in Baltimore. While mech…
- NPF Update: Group Hosts 25th Dermatology Residents’ Meeting and Research Symposium: A Cure for Allhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/npf-update-group-hosts-25th-dermatology-residents-meeting-and-research-symposium-a-cure-for-all/2462049/The National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) celebrated the 25th anniversary of the annual Dermatology Residents’ Meeting on October 7 and 8, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Experts and co-chairs Brad P. Glick, DO, MPH, FAAD, and Samuel Hwang MD, PhD. hosted the silver anniversary event with 100 attendees sel…
- Positive Results for Dermavant's Vtama in Pediatric Maximal Usage Study in Atopic Dermatitishttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/positive-results-for-dermavants-vtama-in-pediatric-maximal-usage-study-in-atopic-dermatitis/2461418/Dermavant Sciences shared positive results from its maximal usage study of Vtama (tapinarof) cream 1% in children down to age 2 years old with extensive burden of atopic dermatitis. “We are delighted with the results from our maximal usage study of Vtama cream 1% in atopic dermatitis, which for th…
- Mount Sinai Awarded $4 Million Grant to Launch Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Centerhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/mount-sinai-awarded-4-million-grant-to-launch-skin-biology-and-diseases-resource-based-center/2460963/The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is establishing a Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center (SBDRC), funded by a $4 million, five-year P30 grant from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). The Moun…
- Landmarks and Bridges Go Blue for Alopecia Areata Awareness Monthhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/landmarks-and-bridges-go-blue-for-alopecia-areata-awareness-month/2460900/Bridges, buildings and other landmarks across the United States will be illuminated blue in recognition of Alopecia Areata Awareness Month this September, The current illumination schedule follows below. Any updates or additions to the schedule will be posted here. September 1-30: The Hedley…
- AIM at Melanoma Opens Melanoma Tissue Bank in the UShttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/aim-at-melanoma-opens-melanoma-tissue-bank-in-the-us/2459991/AIM at Melanoma celebrated the grand opening of the first branch of the International Melanoma Tissue Bank Consortium (IMTBC) at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Hillman Cancer Center. The Pittsburgh site is one of six global locations of the consortium. These six institutions an…
- Meet AAD's New Officers and Board of Directorshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/meet-aads-new-officers-and-board-of-directors/2459880/The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) is set to install four new officers and four new members of its board of directors at the conclusion of the 2019 AAD Annual Meeting in Washington. The new members will also hold the same positions for the American Academy of Dermatology Association, a sist…
- Psoriasis Myths, Stigmas Aboundhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/myths-stigmas-about-psoriasis-abound/2457628/Stigmatizing views and myths about psoriasis are pervasive among the general population and medical students in the United States, according to multidisciplinary research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings are published in the Journal of the America…