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BeaconEquity.com announces investment report featuring NexMed

BeaconEquity.com announces an investment report featuring NexMed Inc. (Nasdaq:NEXM). The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

12 Mar 2010

Safeguard Scientifics' aggregate partner company revenue rises 46% in 2009

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, today announced that aggregate revenue of its partner companies for the year was $262 million, up 46% from $179 million in 2008, exceeding the company’s 2009 guidance of $223 million to $243 million, as adjusted to reflect the inclusion of two new partner companies.

11 Mar 2010

Advitech receives product licence for psoriasis treatment product

Advitech Inc. ("Advitech" or the "Corporation") (TSX Venture Exchange: AVI) announces today that the Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) has issued to Advitech, on March 8, 2010, a Natural Product Number (NPN) for one of its main products, XP-828L/Dermylex.

11 Mar 2010

New study suggests rising childhood obesity is linked to food allergies

First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” Campaign tells us that about 32 percent of children and teens (or 25 million) are obese or overweight. It revealed those extra pounds put them at greater risk of developing debilitating and costly diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol and may also cause them to lead a two to five year shorter life than their parents

10 Mar 2010

Phase III study demonstrates superiority of imiquimod cream 2.5% and 3.75% in treatment of AK

The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD) has published Phase III data evaluating the safety and efficacy of imiquimod cream at two doses - 2.5% and 3.75% - administered daily on a 2-week treatment cycle. The study demonstrates that both formulations were superior to placebo, and that imiquimod 3.75% on a daily 2-week treatment cycle is superior to imiquimod 2.5% in treating actinic keratosis (AK) on a large surface area - the face or balding scalp.

9 Mar 2010

JAAD publishes Phase III data evaluating safety and efficacy of imiquimod in patients with AK

The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology has published Phase III data evaluating the safety and efficacy of imiquimod cream at two doses – 2.5% and 3.75% – administered daily on either 2-week or 3-week treatment cycles.

9 Mar 2010

LEO Pharma presents Phase III study results of PEP005 Gel 0.05% for treatment of AK at 68th AAD meeting

Specialty pharmaceutical company LEO Pharma today announced that findings from a Phase III study evaluating PEP005 (ingenol mebutate) Gel 0.05% to treat actinic keratosis (AK), a common pre-cursor to skin cancer, were presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) (Scientific Session Poster Discussion: P105). Results from REGION-I demonstrated treatment with PEP005 Gel once daily for 2 consecutive days.

5 Mar 2010

Proper treatment can help control psoriasis in most cases

For the approximately 7.5 million Americans affected by psoriasis, the thick, red, scaly, itchy plaques it causes only scratch the surface when it comes to the overall implications of this disease. Now, ongoing research linking psoriasis to other serious medical conditions and the incredible toll it can take on a person's overall quality of life are shifting the way psoriasis is viewed - from a common skin disease to a complex systemic condition.

5 Mar 2010

Data evaluating safety, efficacy of STELARA and REMICADE in patients with plaque psoriasis to be presented

Data evaluating the efficacy and safety of STELARA™ (ustekinumab) and REMICADE® (infliximab) in patients with plaque psoriasis who had an inadequate response to Enbrel® (etanercept) will be presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) in Miami, Fla., from March 5-9, 2010.

5 Mar 2010

Isotechnika Pharma receives grant of $237,069 to support NICAM program

Isotechnika Pharma Inc. today announced that it has received funding approval from the National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) for its Non-Immunosuppressive Cyclosporin Analog Molecules (NICAM) program.

5 Mar 2010

Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy to help patients obtain financial assistance to purchase life-saving drugs

Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy, the nation's largest privately held specialty pharmacy company, is on a mission to help patients obtain the financial assistance they need to purchase life-saving drugs for such illnesses as cancer, HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C, as well as drugs for Multiple Sclerosis, kidney disease and other chronic conditions.

4 Mar 2010

AARDA report examining current state of AD released at the National Autoimmune Diseases Summit

A groundbreaking new report from the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, examining the current state of autoimmune disease (AD) and its economic and social impact globally and in the U.S., was released today at the National Autoimmune Diseases Summit: The Global State of Autoimmunity Today, held to kick-off National Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month.

4 Mar 2010

Lotus Pharmaceuticals adds five new prescription drugs to its products

Lotus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a growing developer and producer of prescription drugs and licensed national seller of pharmaceutical products in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today reported that it had added five new prescription drugs to its products delivered through its national sales channels.

3 Mar 2010

Shionogi, QuatRx Pharmaceuticals enter into worldwide license agreement to develop and market ospemifene

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. and QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Company, a privately-held pharmaceutical company, today announced that they have entered into a worldwide license agreement to develop and market ospemifene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator ("SERM").

3 Mar 2010

EMA accepts the filing of Lux Biosciences' MAA for Luveniq

Lux Biosciences, Inc. today announced that the European Medicines Agency has accepted the filing of the company’s Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for the company’s lead product, Luveniq™ (LX211; oral voclosporin) for the treatment of noninfectious uveitis involving the intermediate or posterior segments of the eye.

3 Mar 2010

Dead Sea resorts introduce world-renowned treatment for people with dermatological diseases

The Dead Sea is the only place in the world that combines year-round hot weather, an oxygen-enriched atmosphere, therapeutic UVB solar radiation, a mineral-rich salt sea, world famous mineral-rich mud, thermo-mineral hot springs and luxurious spas.

3 Mar 2010

EMA validates Lux Biosciences' voclosporin MAA

Isotechnika Pharma Inc. today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) filed by its partner, Lux Biosciences, Inc., for voclosporin. Following validation of the MAA, the dossier is distributed to members of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for formal review, which is expected to take one year.

2 Mar 2010

ADMET tester Absorption Systems joins Society of Toxicology as Affiliate

Absorption Systems, a leader in testing drugs for ADMET (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion and Toxicity), has joined the Society of Toxicology, the premier global professional association of toxicologists, as an SOT Affiliate. The firm, a contract research organization, has more than a decade of experience assisting pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in determining which compounds in development should be advanced into clinical testing.

27 Feb 2010

Welichem commences enrollment in WBI-1001 Phase IIa clinical trial for psoriasis

Welichem announced that the Company has begun to enroll patients in a Phase IIa clinical trial with its lead candidate, WBI-1001. The Phase IIa clinical trial is a 12-Week, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study. The objectives of the trial are to evaluate the efficacy of the WBI-1001 cream in comparison to the vehicle and also to evaluate the safety and tolerability of the cream in patients with psoriasis.

24 Feb 2010

Idera Pharmaceuticals presents IMO-3100 TLR antagonist mechanism of action data at Keystone conference

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today presented data on the mechanism of action of IMO-3100, an antagonist of Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 7 and TLR9, in a preclinical primate model at the Keystone Symposia conference “Tolerance and Autoimmunity” being held February 21-26 in Taos, New Mexico. Idera is developing IMO-3100 for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The presentation entitled “IMO-3100, a novel antagonist, suppresses TLR7- and TLR9-mediated immune responses in non-human primates” was made by Idera scientists.

24 Feb 2010

Psoriasis News and Research

Latest Psoriasis News and Research

BeaconEquity.com announces investment report featuring NexMed

Safeguard Scientifics' aggregate partner company revenue rises 46% in 2009

Advitech receives product licence for psoriasis treatment product

New study suggests rising childhood obesity is linked to food allergies

Phase III study demonstrates superiority of imiquimod cream 2.5% and 3.75% in treatment of AK

JAAD publishes Phase III data evaluating safety and efficacy of imiquimod in patients with AK

LEO Pharma presents Phase III study results of PEP005 Gel 0.05% for treatment of AK at 68th AAD meeting

Proper treatment can help control psoriasis in most cases

Data evaluating safety, efficacy of STELARA and REMICADE in patients with plaque psoriasis to be presented

Isotechnika Pharma receives grant of $237,069 to support NICAM program

Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy to help patients obtain financial assistance to purchase life-saving drugs

AARDA report examining current state of AD released at the National Autoimmune Diseases Summit

Lotus Pharmaceuticals adds five new prescription drugs to its products

Shionogi, QuatRx Pharmaceuticals enter into worldwide license agreement to develop and market ospemifene

EMA accepts the filing of Lux Biosciences' MAA for Luveniq

Dead Sea resorts introduce world-renowned treatment for people with dermatological diseases

EMA validates Lux Biosciences' voclosporin MAA

ADMET tester Absorption Systems joins Society of Toxicology as Affiliate

Welichem commences enrollment in WBI-1001 Phase IIa clinical trial for psoriasis

Idera Pharmaceuticals presents IMO-3100 TLR antagonist mechanism of action data at Keystone conference

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