Psoriasis News

Learn how psoriasis severity is currently measured and why a change is necessary, how IPC organized the Delphi process that was used to redefine severity classification, implications and effects the output has on psoriasis treatment providers and psoriasis patients, and ultimately how patients will benefit from this endeavor.

Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson published the long-term data of the third phase of the DISCOVER-2a study.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. announces results from their five-year Phase-3 efficacy and safety clinical trial for ILUMYA®(tildrakizumab-asmn) based on a pooled analysis of the ReSURFACE 1 and ReSURFACE 2 extension.

Update on the PsoProtect Registry. PsoProtect is a global registry for clinicians to report outcomes of COVID-19 in individuals with psoriasis. Data set currently includes 1002 cases.

IPC welcomes Dermavant as a new 2021 corporate member.

Satveer Mahil joins the group of IPC experts who are working to advance knowledge and enhance the care psoriasis patients.

Professor Francesca Capon provides a commentary An article recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology1 suggests that diseases such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis increase the risk of COVID-19 by approximately 50%.

n a recent publication in Nature Communications1 a team from Friedrich-Alexander University in Germany described their findings from a cross-sectional population cohort study on the prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G (IgG) in patients with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) on cytokine-blocking treatments. This patient cohort was compared against subjects with IMIDs, not on cytokine inhibitors, health care workers, and healthy controls. The findings from this study showed that patients with IMID on cytokine inhibitors had a lower prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG response compared to the other three cohorts. To assess whether this could be accounted for by differences in social exposure between the groups, the investigators assessed exposure risk variables in the four groups and found those to be similar between the two IMID groups and less than that of health care workers.

IPC Academy Online, a free online learning platform, has been designed to provide expert insight, timely research, and practical information to dermatologists anywhere in the world to improve the care of psoriasis patients.

Held virtually on December 11 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the 2020 IPC Think Tank convened more than 100 specialists in psoriasis and industry partners from all over the world to discuss the most pressing issues affecting psoriasis care and treatment globally. The outcome of these discussions will inform IPC initiatives in 2021 and beyond.