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Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research Budget Hits Record Level
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Research funding for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis through the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) set a new record in 2009. Total funding for the year was $16 million. The total includes $13 million in base funding plus $3 million in funding from the Stimulus Bill.
Psoriasis is a complex disease of the immune system that implicates multiple genes plus triggers both known and unknown. Despite this complexity and the severe burden psoriasis imposes, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis research has long been underfunded by the federal government. These new figures suggest brighter days are ahead.
We continue to believe that $20 million is a more appropriate annual level for psoriasis research, based on current funding for comparable diseases. Also, because psoriasis research was neglected for so many years, the aggregate total spent on psoriasis research since 1995 is some $40 million shy of where it would be had psoriasis research funding simply kept pace with the growth of other medical research since that time.
Still, it's great progress and reason for optimism.
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