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The American Academy of Dermatology has announced that ContextMedia:Health has been selected as a patient education affinity partner.

WASHINGTON — Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was associated with improvements in outcome compared to cyclophosphamide in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic scleroderma, according to study results presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting.

The American Society of Dermatologic Surgery announced that Thomas E. Rohrer, MD, began his term as president of the society and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association during the ASDS annual meeting in New Orleans.

Research finding that women who applied broad-spectrum photostable sunscreen to their face daily for a year showed improvement in the signs of existing photodamaged skin was among the most-read articles in October on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Sofinnova recently announced the closing of Sofinnova Venture Partners Fund X at $650 million, according to a press release.

During a public meeting on the reauthorization of the Biosimilar User Free Act, Angus Worthing, MD, FACR, FACP, incoming chair of the American College of Rheumatology’s Governance Affairs Committee, asked the FDA to create guidelines for biosimilar substitution.

Certain antibiotic therapy may be inducing antibiotic resistance in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, according to study results recently published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

TFS International has acquired German dermatology specialist SCIderm GmbH, according to a press release.

Study findings that Mohs micrographic surgery was used effectively to treat melanoma in situ exceeding traditional excision margins of 5 mm was among the most-read articles in September on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Study results finding that a family history of acne and various lifestyle factors were associated with adult acne in women was among the most-read articles of the past week on Healio.com/Dermatology and Healio.com/Aesthetics.