Archive for July, 2007

Psoriasis Cure Now’s Short Sleeve Day campaign has begun! The national event is not until September 15, 2007, but the campaign is in full swing. Please register (it’s free) and join others across the country as we celebrate Short Sleeve Day!

Bills were recently introduced in the House and Senate that would provide for Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy, including for biologic treatments like Remicade (infliximab) used for, among other things, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. The House bill, H.R. 2567, was introduced by Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, and the Senate bill, S.
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Another blog has weighed in nicely on the Psoriasis Cure Now Video Contest. The Usertainment Watch blog writes:
[Give] Psoriasis Cure Now an “A” for effort, another “A” for presenting a rather interesting challenge to producers willing to enter, and yet another “A” for having a sense of humor (note the symptoms visible on the
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BCX-4208/R3421, an inhibitor of the enzyme purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) being jointly developed by Roche and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, is moving into Phase Two clinical trials for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Sixty patients will participate in the next trial, designed to test two different dosing levels of the orally administered experimental drug.
BCX-4208/R3421 is one
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Noncompliance with treatments is a significant and widespread problem for chronic skin diseases like psoriasis, and increasing compliance would improve outcomes, writes Steven Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, in an editorial published in the current issue of Archives of Dermatology:
Sometimes, patients consider treatment the worst part of the disease.
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Good news out of Congress! Here is a copy of a news release we just issued that discusses it. Your THOUSANDS of letters to Congress (among other things) have helped. Since these House and Senate bills are not yet law, keep those letters coming:
Psoriasis Cure Now applauds Congress for supporting psoriasis research
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Psoriasis Cure Now today released the latest in its free podcast series. In this podcast, we interview David Straus, CEO of Withoutabox, Inc., who shares his tips and strategies for creating compelling short films, including for the $7,500 Grand Prize in the Psoriasis Cure Now Video Contest, which is accepting submissions through September 26,
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A pair of blogs written by experts on communication strategy have weighed in on the Psoriasis Cure Now Video Contest, which launched last week and will be accepting submissions through September 26, 2007.
One said of it: “Great cause. Great pitch too.“
The other said: “We think this is a great example of using new media
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Barrier Therapeutics today announced favorable results for Rambazole in a European study in moderate to severe psoriasis:
Based on Investigators Global Assessment (IGA), 49% of patients receiving 2.0 mg per day of Rambazole were scored “cleared or almost cleared” at week 20 as compared to 20% for patients receiving placebo.
This was a Phase Two study of
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Psoriasis Cure Now is excited to announce our Psoriasis Video Contest, just launched, with $10,000 in prizes, including a Grand Prize of $7,500. We are seeking the best 30-to-60 second videos that will help us educate the public about the seriousness of psoriasis.
Check out our Psoriasis Video Contest website, study the Official Rules, which
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