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- 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…
- FDA Approves Tafinlar + Mekinist for Adjuvant Treatment of BRAF V600-Mutant Melanomahttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/fda-approves-tafinlar-mekinist-for-adjuvant-treatment-of-braf-v600-mutant-melanoma/2457786/The FDA has approved Novartis' Tafinlar (dabrafenib) in combination with Mekinist (trametinib) for the adjuvant treatment of patients with melanoma with BRAF V600E or V600K mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test, and involvement of lymph node(s), following complete resection. The FDA grante…
- Menlo Therapeutics Expands Management Teamhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/menlo-therapeutics-expands-management-team/2458006/Menlo Therapeutics Inc., a late stage biopharmaceutical company, is developing a neurokinin 1 (NK‐1) receptor antagonist (serlopitant) for the treatment of pruritus associated with various underlying conditions, and for the treatment of refractory chronic cough. The company, which continues to adva…
- Largest Psoriasis Meta-Analysis to Date Yields New Genetic Clueshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/largest-psoriasis-meta-analysis-to-date-yields-new-genetic-clues/2458176/A new meta -analysis identifies 16 additional genetic markers that may help researchers get closer to understanding how — and why — psoriasis develops. University of Michigan researchers, working with partners across the globe, published the work in Nature Communications. “We know there are a lo…
- Dermatology Scientist Sarah Millar Receives 2016 Focus Award For The Advancement Of Women In Medicinehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/dermatology-scientist-sarah-millar-receives-2016-focus-award-for-the-advancement-of-women-in-medicine/2458364/Penn dermatology scientist Sarah E. Millar, PhD received the 2016 FOCUS Award for the Advancement of Women in Medicine. Millar, the Albert M. Kligman Endowed Professor and vice chair for basic science research in the department of Dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of…
- Interferon Not Beneficial for Most Stage III Melanomahttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/interferon-not-beneficial-for-most-stage-iii-melanoma/2458703/Most stage III melanoma patients do not benefit from treatment with interferon, according to final results for the Sunbelt Melanoma Trial, published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Interferon was approved by the FDA in 1995 as a therapy for melanoma based on a study of patients with mu…
- Dr. Mandy Honored with ASDS Stegman Awardhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/dr-mandy-honored-with-asds-stegman-award/2458828/Stephen H. Mandy, M.D., of Miami Beach, FL, was presented recently with the Samuel J. Stegman, MD, Award for Distinguished Service, the highest honor bestowed by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS). The Stegman Award – given to Dr. Mandy during the 2015 ASDS Annual Meeting in Chic…
- AAD Announces Donation of Melanoma Exposed Program from Bristol-Myers Squibbhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20140609-aad_announces_donation_of_melanoma_exposed_program_from_bristol-myers_squibb/2459214/Bristol-Myers Squibb donated its Melanoma Exposed™ program to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). The donation, provided through a charitable grant, will be used to increase public awareness of skin cancer—including melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer—and expand the number of free sk…
- Syneron Receives FDA Clearance to Market the Ultrashape System for Fat Cell Destructionhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20140414-syneron_receives_fda_clearance_to_market_the_ultrashape_system_for_fat_cell_destruction/2459273/Syneron Medical Ltd. received FDA 510(k) clearance to market the UltraShape™ System for non-invasive reduction of abdominal circumference via fat cell destruction. The UltraShape System uses pulsed focused ultrasound energy that precisely targets subcutaneous fat, while keeping the surrounding tis…