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FDA Approves Valeant’s Drug to Treat Plaque Psoriasis

Reuters Staff  |  

(Reuters)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.’s brodalumab (Siliq) to treat adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Brodalumab is administered as an injection. Brodalumab is intended for patients who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy and have failed to respond, or have stopped responding to other systemic therapies,…

TNF Inhibitor Tied to Lower Cardiovascular Risk in Psoriasis

Lorraine L. Janeczko  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Psoriasis patients treated with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) inhibitors may have a lower risk of major cardiovascular (CV) events than those treated with methotrexate (MTX), according to a new study. “The findings do not surprise me. TNF inhibitors control inflammation better than methotrexate,” lead author Dr. Jashin J. Wu of Kaiser Permanente…

Psoriasis May Carry Atherosclerosis Risk Similar to that with Diabetes

Kathryn Doyle  |  

(Reuters Health)—People with psoriasis may be at increased risk of coronary artery calcium buildup, comparable to that of people with diabetes, according to a new study. Comparing people in their 50s with psoriasis, diabetes or neither disease, researchers found that moderate to severe calcium buildup was about five times as common in people with diabetes…

U.S. FDA Panel Backs Valeant Psoriasis Drug with Risk Program

Toni Clarke  |  

(Reuters)—Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.’s experimental drug to treat psoriasis should be approved as long as certain measures are put in place to mitigate the risk of suicide, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded on Tuesday. The FDA is not obliged to follow the advice of its advisory committees but typically…

Tildrakizumab Promising for Plaque Psoriasis; FDA Approves Adalimumab to Treat Panuveitis

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n clinical trials, tildrakizumab was more effective than etanercept and placebo at treating moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Adalimumab has received approval for treating non-infectious intermediate, posterior and panuveitis—its 10th FDA indication…

Valeant Psoriasis Drug’s Suicide Risk Hard to Assess, Say FDA Staff

Reuters Staff  |  

(Reuters)—Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.’s experimental drug to treat psoriasis carries a potential risk of suicide that is challenging to assess due to limited data, a preliminary review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. The review comes two days ahead of a meeting of outside experts who will advise the FDA on…

Patients with PsA, Cutaneous Psoriasis May Undergo Hip Replacement

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A recent study of patients with psoriatic arthritis and cutaneous psoriasis found that these patients do not have a higher risk of worse outcomes after total hip arthroplasty compared with patients with osteoarthritis…