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- FDA Extends Deadline for Sunscreen Label Compliancehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120514-fda_extends_deadline_for_sunscreen_compliance/2459802/Sunscreen manufacturers have won a small victory from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has extended the deadline for compliance with new labeling back to December 2013 for some companies. The industry pushed back on the agency, which ordered changes to sunscreens last summer with an or…
- Retinoid Foam Wins FDA Approvalhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120514-new_retinoid_foam_wins_fda_approval/2459804/The FDA has approved Fabior (tazarotene, Stiefel/GSK) Foam, 0.1%, for the treatment of acne vulgaris in patients 12 years and older. The approval was based on two multi-center, randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled pivotal Phase 3 studies, in which a total of 1,485 patients with moderate-to-…
- New Retinoid Foam Wins FDA Approvalhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120514-new_retinoid_foam_wins_fda_approval/2459805/The FDA has approved Fabior (tazarotene) Foam, 0.1%, for the treatment of acne vulgaris in patients 12 years and older. The approval was based on two multi-center, randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled pivotal Phase 3 studies, in which a total of 1,485 patients with moderate-to-severe acne v…
- Celotres Earns CE Mark Approval for Wound Healinghttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120504-celotres_earns_ce_mark_approval_for_wound_healing/2459808/European regulators have granted CE Mark approval for Celotres™ hydrogel scaffold from Halscion, Inc. The CE Mark approval was based on the results of a prospective, multi-center, randomized, same-patient controlled, European clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of a single application of Celotre…
- Novartis Acquires Fougera Pharma for $1.5 Billionhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120504-novartis_acquires_fougera_pharma_for_15_billion/2459809/With it's $1.5 billion acquisition of US-based Fougera Pharmaceuticals, Novartis will be the biggest maker of dermatologic generics in the country. The Fougera products will add to those of Novartis's existing generics unit Sandoz.
- PhotoMedex Completes Sale of Common Stock for $40 Millionhttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120430-photomedex_completes_sale_of_common_stock_for_40_million/2459812/PhotoMedex, Inc. (NasdaqGS: PHMD) expects gross proceeds of $40 million, before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses, from recent sale of shares of common stock. The company closed concurrent registered offerings of 3,023,432 shares of its common stock at $13.23…
- PreCision Dermatology Acquires Assets of Triax Pharmaceuticalshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120430-precision_dermatology_acquires_assets_of_triax_pharmaceuticals/2459813/PreCision Dermatology has acquired the assets of Triax Pharmaceuticals LLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company with products including the mid-potency topical steroid Locoid, as well as Minocin and Tretin-X. Onset Dermatologics, the prescription dermatology subsidiary of PreCision Dermatology, will…
- DocBookMD App Offers Secure Communication, HIPAA Compliancehttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120424-docbookmd_app_offers_secure_communication_hipaa_compliance/2459816/Doctors can now send X-rays and lab results back and forth, securely and with full HIPAA compliance via a new application, available for iPhone, iPad, and Android. The DocBookMD app is free for doctors who are members of their state or county medical society. All activity is run through a secure se…
- Lasers May Treat Burn Scars of Military, Civilianshttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120420-lasers_may_treat_burn_scars_of_military_civilians/2459817/Fractional laser procedures may offer a treatment option for the estimated 1 million American who survive serious burn injuries each year, according to experts presenting at the ASLMS Annual Meeting in Kissimmee, FL. According to Jill Waibel, MD, credited with performing one of (or perhaps the) fir…
- Study Shows No Association Between NSAIDs and BCChttps://practicaldermatology.com/news/20120418-study_shows_no_association_between_nsaids_and_bcc/2459821/New data question an association between NSAID use and development of BCC, showing that NSAID use was not associated with subsequent incidence of BCC (HR = 1.04, 95% CI: 0.92–1.16) after adjusting for age, sex and estimated lifetime summer sun exposure among a cohort of 58,213 Caucasian Radiologic …