Skin Disorders News

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi have announced the start of a phase 3 clinical trial of dupilumab in adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis not adequately controlled with topical medications, according to a press release.

Sublingual immunotherapy with a standardized house dust mite extract was more effective in treating children with atopic dermatitis and house dust mite sensitization compared with standard treatment, according to recent study results.

Emollient therapy from birth was an effective method of preventing atopic dermatitis in infants, according to recent study results.

A need exists for large-scale, randomized, controlled trials of systemic treatment for atopic dermatitis that include more racial and ethnic diversity to better represent the diverse U.S. population, according to a literature review.

Research on predicting and possibly reducing food allergies in infancy was presented at the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Meeting, organized by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, in Dublin.

Vitamin D supplementation was effective in treating winter-related atopic dermatitis in Mongolian children who were at high risk for vitamin D deficiency when compared with placebo in a recent study.

Angioedema-related mortality in the United States from 1979 to 2010 was rare, with hereditary angioedema deaths decreasing and nonhereditary angioedema deaths increasing, according to recent study results.

Merck announced in a press release it has completed the sale of its consumer care business, which includes its allergy-treatment products Claritin and Afrin, to Bayer AG.

Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced that a phase 2a study of dupilumab met all endpoints in patients with chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps who did not respond to intranasal corticosteroids, according to a press release.

Researchers found that although children with chronic urticaria typically have positive outcomes, there is no one factor that can significantly predict remission.