DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(R)( )(Nasdaq: DUSA), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology, announced today that it has been named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 list. For the second consecutive year, Deloitte recognized DUSA as one of the Top 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America in terms of percentage revenue growth over a five year period.
"DUSA is pleased to receive this elite recognition from Deloitte for the second year in a row," said Bob Doman, DUSA's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Despite the current economic environment, clinicians continue to embrace Levulan(R) Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) based on its clinical efficacy and patient satisfaction in the treatment of actinic keratoses (AKs)."
Levulan PDT, one of the fastest growing procedures in dermatology, is currently approved for the treatment of Grade 1 and 2 AKs of the face and scalp. AKs are the most frequently diagnosed skin disease by U.S. dermatologists with over 5M treatment visits per year. Through the first six months of 2009, U.S. PDT revenue grew 22%. DUSA is also in clinical development of its Levulan PDT technology platform for the treatment of AKs and the prevention of squamous cell carcinomas in chronically immunosuppressed solid organ transplant recipients.
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