NIH increases psoriasis research

Good news! After more than a decade of stagnation in federal funding of psoriasis research (down 20% after inflation), even as the government DOUBLED research funding for other diseases, Psoriasis Cure Now can today report that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) gave psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis research its first significant funding increase in the year that just ended, from $6.6 million in 2005 to about $8 million in 2006.

Given that Psoriasis Cure Now was launched 25 months ago to reverse the abysmal psoriasis research funding situation, we are thrilled by this news.

But don't pop those corks just yet (and if you are taking methotrexate, don't pop those corks, period): NIH is currently projecting that psoriasis research funding for the current year will dip back down, to $7 million.

Click here to read more about the NIH psoriasis research funding increase, and the projected dip for 2007.

Click here to write your lawmakers to thank them for the increase and urge them to keep at it given the important work that still needs to be done.