January 25th 2012 | Biologics, Patient Stories, Psoriasis Cure Now, Psoriasis Research, Public policy issues, psoriatic arthritis | 4 Comments
Before 2011 becomes a distant memory, Psoriasis Cure Now felt it would be useful to highlight what we believe were the top psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis stories of 2011. The year included bad news about a promising treatment from Abbott, as well as a psoriasis sub-plot to one of the more ridiculous media sensations
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March 2nd 2011 | Biologics, Health care system, Public policy issues, psoriatic arthritis | 1 Comment
We’re happy to see the Phil Mickelson psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and RA campaign launch. Go Phil! We hope he is winning again soon.
The campaign is called On Course with Phil, and you can see the site here: http://www.oncoursewithphil.com .
The campaign is owned by Amgen & Pfizer (they market the popular biologic Enbrel [etanercept]). Our only
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November 8th 2010 | Patient Stories, psoriatic arthritis | 4 Comments
In the not-very-surprising news department, Amgen & Pfizer, the companies that market Enbrel (etanercept), have signed up Phil Mickelson, the star golfer who announced last summer that he has psoriatic arthritis and is being treated with Enbrel. Mickelson will help the companies educate patients about psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and Enbrel.
October 11th 2010 | Biologics, Psoriasis Research, Side-effects of treatment, Treatment | 10 Comments
[UPDATE 1/14/2011: Abbott today announced that it has withdrawn its application with the U.S. FDA to market briakinumab (ABT-874, Ozespa). Our full analysis of Abbott's pulling its briakinumab application is here. Our original, unedited post concerning the Phase Three trials is below.]
You know that buzz about Centocor Ortho Biotech’s biologic Stelara (ustekinumab),
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July 16th 2010 | Biologics, Psoriasis Research, Treatment | 1 Comment
Briakinumab, an experimental psoriasis treatment from Abbott (the folks who bring us Humira [adalimumab]), continues to rack up favorable results in clinical trials. Most recently, it beat the market-leading biologic treatment Enbrel [etanercept] and of course a placebo (i.e., a fake treatment) in a 12-week test. This follows its amazing Phase Two trial
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September 20th 2008 | Biologics, Treatment | 0 Comments
An experimental psoriasis treatment that could be approved for use in psoriasis patients by the end of 2008 edged out the leading psoriasis biologic in a 12-week head-to-head clinical trial. Ustekinumab (likely brand name, Stelara), made by Johnson & Johnson’s Centocor unit, helped more patients achieve 75% and 90% improvements in skin symptoms than
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March 18th 2008 | Biologics, Treatment | 0 Comments
Enbrel’s prescribing information will now have a black box warning to highlight the small but potentially serious risk of infections, including tuberculosis.
In U.S. and Canadian clinical trials, the rate of tuberculosis infection has been roughly 0.007% of patients, or about 1 in 14,000 cases; but in actual practice, rare cases of tuberculosis have
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