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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Acitretin Therapy for Nail Psoriasis  -  20 Apr 2009
Conclusion Results from low-dose acitretin therapy show NAPSI score reductions comparable with those studies evaluating biologic drugs for nail psoriasis Archives of Dermatology

GSK to acquire Stiefel Labs in $3.6 billion deal  -  20 Apr 2009
Its products include Duac (benzoyl peroxide/clindamycin) for acne, Olux E (clobetasol) for dermatitis and Soriatane (acitretin) for the treatment of severe Pharma Times

Recurrent Hypertrophic Nodules on the Bilateral Arms—Diagnosis  -  20 Apr 2009
Distinguishing between HLE and SCC is important because HLE is amenable to nonsurgical treatments, such as intralesional corticosteroids, acitretin, Archives of Dermatology

Dermatologic Comorbidities of Diabetes Mellitus and Related Issues  -  20 Apr 2009
The related article by Mittal et al 3 on the use of pioglitazone hydrochloride with acitretin for treatment of patients with psoriasis but without Archives of Dermatology

Genentech Removing Raptiva From US Market  -  ‎Apr 10, 2009‎
The systemic drugs cyclosporine, which is sold as Neoral; acitretin, which is sold as Soriatane; and methotrexate, which is sold as Rheumatrex and Trexall, AAFP News Now

Low-Dose Acitretin May Reduce Nail Psoriasis  -  18 Mar 2009
In the study, University of Bologna researchers evaluated the effect of low-dose acitretin therapy (0.2 to 0.3 milligrams per kilogram per day for six U.S. News & World Report

Low-Dose Acitretin Shown Effective in Nail Psoriasis Research ...  -  18 Mar 2009
TUESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Acitretin, a medication historically prescribed for skin psoriasis, is comparable to the biologic drugs adalimumab and Modern Medicine

Raptiva Puts Patients At Risk For PML  -  ‎Mar 2, 2009‎
Psoriasis, on the other hand, has a number of effective treatments including ultraviolet light therapy, and the drugs cyclosporine, acitretin, InjuryBoard.com

Spot of bother for acne CME  -  ‎Mar 10, 2009‎
Attempts to educate GPs on acne care since Pharmac widened access to isotretinoin and acitretin are being hampered by difficulties finding dermatologists to New Zealand Doctor Online

US gov't advises public of serious adverse event with psoriasis ...  -  ‎Feb 19, 2009‎
...including four other approved biologic agents, ultraviolent light therapy, and the drugs cyclosporine, acitretin, and methotrexate. Xinhua

Combined treatments for psoriasis  -  Jan 21, 2009
Taking the drug acitretin while you have light treatment is more likely to clear your psoriasis than having light treatment on its own. guardian.co.uk,

Vital: Ask The Doc  -  Feb 1, 2009
In severe psoriasis, dermatologists can use ultra violet treatment, drugs that affect your immune response or a relatively new medication called acitretin. Glasgow Daily Record,

Medical management of NMSCs  -  Jan 18, 2009
Chemopreventive agents currently in clinical trials include oral retinoids (isotretioin, acitretin, etretinate), T4 endonuclease and genistein cream, Modern Medicine,

Dermatologists Warning Over New Rules For Acne Drug  -  Dec 21, 2008
Isotretinoin (commonly known as Roaccutane® and more recently as Isotane) and acitretin are potentially dangerous medicines, used for the treatment of acne, Voxy,

Ustekinumab Effective and Safe for Moderate to Severe Psoriasis ...  -  Sep 25, 2008
...including methotrexate, acitretin, or cyclosporine (55.7%); biologics, including etanercept, alefacept, efalizumab, infliximab, or adalimumab (43%); DG News

Ezeket a gyógyszerket ne szedje terhesség idején  -  Oct 7, 2008
Acitretin, etretinát, tretinoin: Alkalmazásuk hasonló az izotretinoinéhoz, valamint még pikkelysömörben is adják ezeket a szereket. WEBBeteg,

La nueva era de los biológicos en el tratamiento de psoriasis  Aug 26, 2008
El acitretin es teratogénico. La hidroxiurea, 6 tioguanina, leflunamida y sulfazalazina son mínimamente efectivas y no se consideran terapias de primeraIntramed.net (Suscripción),

Stiefel Laboratories Completes Acquisition of Barrier Therapeutics  -  06 Aug 2008
0.05% also available in the Olux(R) / Olux-E(R) COMPLETE PACK; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) Capsules available in the Soriatane(R) CK CONVENIENCE KIT; MarketWatch

Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott ...  -  Jul 29, 2008
0.05% also available in the Olux(R) / Olux-E(R) COMPLETE PACK; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) Capsules available in the Soriatane(R) CK CONVENIENCE KIT; MarketWatch

Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Commences Tender Offer to Acquire ...  -  Jul 8, 2008
0.05% also available in the Olux(R) / Olux-E(R) COMPLETE PACK; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) Capsules available in the Soriatane(R) CK CONVENIENCE KIT; FOXBusiness

Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Successfully Completes Tender Offer for ...  -  Aug 5, 2008
0.05% also available in the Olux(R) / Olux-E(R) COMPLETE PACK; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) Capsules available in the Soriatane(R) CK CONVENIENCE KIT; Trading Markets (press release),

Today's health topic: How to cope with psoriasis  -  Jun 17, 2008
If your psoriasis is severe, you may need powerful drugs such as methotrexate or acitretin, which work by slowing down skin cell turnover rate or by Mirror.co.uk,

Stiefel Buying Barrier Therapeutics  -  Jun 24, 2008
0.05% and Olux-E® (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05% also available in the Olux® / Olux-E® COMPLETE PACK; Soriatane® (acitretin) Capsules available in Private Equity Hub,

OTCPicks.com: OTCPicks.com Daily Market Movers Digest Midday ...  -  Jun 23, 2008
0.05% and Olux-E (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05% also available in the Olux / Olux-E COMPLETE PACK; Soriatane (acitretin) Capsules available in the Trading Markets (press release),

International Diabetes Federation Grant Supports Diabetes Self ...  -  May 7, 2008
0.05% also available in the Olux(R) / Olux-E(TM) COMPLETE PACK; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) Capsules available in the Soriatane(R) CK CONVENIENCE KIT; Trading Markets (press release),

Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Acquires ABR Invent and ABR Development  -  May 6, 2008
0.05% also available in the Olux(R) / Olux-E(TM) COMPLETE PACK; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) Capsules available in the Soriatane(R) CK CONVENIENCE KIT; Trading Markets (press release),

Stiefel Laboratories Appoints First Chief Scientific Officer  -  Apr 7, 2008
0.05% also available in the Olux(R) / Olux-E(TM) COMPLETE PACK; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) Capsules available in the Soriatane(R) CK CONVENIENCE KIT; 新�美通(新闻�布),

Retinoids and Carotenoids in Dermatology  -  Apr 1, 2008
Acitretin remains the only oral retinoid available for the treatment of psoriasis and is used as first-line therapy by many psoriasis experts in the Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),

DUSA Announces Stiefel's Receipt of Pricing Approval of Levulan ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
0.12%; MimyX®; Olux(TM) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Olux-E(TM) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Soriatane® (acitretin) capsules; CNNMoney.com

Businessnetwire.us: NASDAQ Stock News You Can Use: SMOD, DUSA, DAIO  -  Mar 6, 2008
Olux-ETM (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Soriatane (acitretin) capsules; VerdesoTM (desonide) Foam, 0.05%; Brevoxyl Creamy Wash (benzoyl peroxide, Trading Markets (press release),

Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Appoints New President  -  Feb 29, 2008
MimyX(R); Olux(TM) (clobetasol propionate, 0.05%) Foam; Olux-E(TM) (clobetasol propionate, 0.05%) Foam; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) CK CONVENIENCE KIT(TM); Biloxi Sun Herald,

DermTech and Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Begin Feasibility Study to ...  -  Jan 7, 2008
MimyX(R); Olux(TM) (clobetasol propionate, 0.05%) Foam; Olux-E(TM) (clobetasol propionate, 0.05%) Foam; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) CK CONVENIENCE KIT(TM); Reuters

Wendy Ann Satmary, MD, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Woodland ...  -  Jan 30, 2008
Acitretin in the treatment of severe lichen sclerosus et atrophicus of the vulva: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. J Am Acad Dermatol. AAFP News Now

Pustular Psoriasis Facts and Treatment  -  Dec 15, 2007
Oral treatment with immunosuppressants such as ciclosporin (Neoral), or methotrexate (eg Maxtrex) or the vitamin A derivative acitretin (Neotigason) may be American Chronicle,

Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris Facts and Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris Treatment  -  Dec 15, 2007
In severe cases acitretin or isotretinoin may be useful. Methotrexate has been of limited value. The best treatment is Accutane or Soriatane pills. American Chronicle,

Starpharma Signs Collaborative Research Agreement with Stiefel ...  -  Dec 3, 2007
MimyX(R); Olux(TM) (clobetasol propionate, 0.05%) Foam; Olux-E(TM) (clobetasol propionate, 0.05%) Foam; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) CK CONVENIENCE KIT(TM); Trading Markets (press release),

Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Enters into Strategic Collaboration ...  -  Nov 6, 2007
...mimyx(R); Olux(TM) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Olux-E(TM) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) CK Convenience Kit; CNNMoney.com

DUSA Expands Global Sales With Launch of Levulan(R) Kerastick(R ...  -  Oct 1, 2007
0.12%; MimyX®; Olux(TM) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Olux-E(TM) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Soriatane® (acitretin) capsules; CNNMoney.com

Stiefel Laboratories Engages Palio Communications  -  Sep 19, 2007
0.12%; MimyX(R); Olux(TM) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Olux-E(TM) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) capsules; CNNMoney.com

Treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa  -  Sep 4, 2007
Treatment options include long-term antibiotics (eg systemic tetracyclines or macrolides in doses similar to those used in acne), dianette and acitretin. SpiritIndia,

Stiefel Laboratories Will Enter Into Private Equity Minority ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
0.12%; MimyX(R); Olux(TM) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Olux-E(TM) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) capsules; CNNMoney.com

Centron Announces Agency of Record Assignments  -  Aug 16, 2007
Inc. with agency of record assignments for Soriatane ® (acitretin), MimyX ® Cream, Olux-E ™ (clobetasol propianate) Foam 0.05%, Verdeso ™ (desonide) PharmaLive.com (press release),

Roche transfers rights on three drugs to Iceland’s Actavis  -  Aug 13, 2007
...(reteplase) and the dermatology product Neotigason (acitretin) to Actavis, but will continue to distribute them in Latin America for the Icelandic firm. Pharma Times (subscription),

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FDA Approves Extina(R) for the Treatment of Seborrheic Dermatitis  -  Jul 17, 2007
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Stiefel Laboratories Moves to Solidify, Enhance Its Leadership ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),0.12%; MimyX(TM) Cream; Olux(R) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Olux-E(TM) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) capsules;

Stiefel Laboratories Moves to Solidify, Enhance Its Leadership ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
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Connetics Announces Results of Special Stockholders Meeting  -  Dec 20, 2006
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The Company's marketed products are OLUX(R) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Luxiq(R) (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin)

Connetics Announces Results of Special Stockholders Meeting  -  Dec 20, 2006
Business Wire (press release),The Company's marketed products are OLUX ® (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Luxíq ® (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%; Soriatane ® (acitretin)

Connetics Announces Results of Special Stockholders Meeting  -  Dec 20, 2006
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The Company's marketed products are OLUX(R) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Luxiq(R) (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin)

Connetics Announces Results of Special Stockholders Meeting  -  Dec 20, 2006
Business Wire (press release),The Company's marketed products are OLUX ® (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Luxíq ® (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%; Soriatane ® (acitretin)

Guideline on Collecting Blood Strengthened  09 Nov 2006
According to the ministry, those who take acitretin, used to treat severe psoriasis, or methotrexate, life-threatening cancer treatment, or who are injected ... -Korea Times, Connetics Launches Verdeso Foam for the Treatment of Mild-to ...  09 Nov 2006
...commercial products are OLUX (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Luxiq (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) capsules; Evoclin(R ... -PharmaLive.com (press release), No need to fear it  Oct 28, 2006
Systemic retinoid therapy uses a promising drug called acitretin now, but this should be used carefully in women of childbearing age. ... -Hindu, Connetics Corporation to Merge into Stiefel Laboratories  Oct 23, 2006
...commercial products are OLUX® (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Luxiq® (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%; Soriatane® (acitretin) capsules; Evoclin ... -Yahoo! News (press release) Red Cross at fault over tainted blood donations  Sep 6, 2006
Jeon Jae-hee of the Grand National Party said 3,980 people received blood from donors who were being treated with the drug Acitretin, which is known to cause ... -Korea Herald (subscription)

Fear of Tainted Blood  Sep 7, 2006
This time, as many as 4,000 patients received blood from donors who took Acitretin, a drug used to treat psoriasis, which has been known to cause birth defects ... -Korea Times

FDA Approves Connetics' Verdeso Foam for the Treatment of Mild-to ...  Sep 20, 2006
...commercial products are OLUX (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Luxiq (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) capsules; Evoclin ... -PharmaLive.com

Possibly tainted blood used in 4,000 cases: report  Sep 6, 2006
The blood had come from donors that had taken acitretin, a form of vitamin A used to treat psoriasis and other skin ailments. The ... -The Hankyoreh

Tainted Blood Used for Transfusion: Report  Sep 6, 2006
...from the National Red Cross of Korea, about 3,930 patients received blood supplies from donors who took the psoriasis treatment medicine, acitretin, from 2003. ... -Korea Times

Connetics Reports Positive Results From Second Phase III Clinical ...  Aug 28, 2006
...marketed products are OLUX(R) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Luxiq(R) (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) capsules; and Evoclin ... -Genetic Engineering News

New Rogaine(R) Foam Features Connetics' Proprietary VersaFoam(R) ...  Sep 5, 2006
Company's marketed products are OLUX (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Luxiq (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) capsules; and ... -Business Wire

Connetics Reports Positive Results From Second Phase III Clinical ...  29 Aug 2006
...marketed products are OLUX(R) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Luxiq(R) (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) capsules; and Evoclin ... -Business Wire

Connetics Reports New Option Grants Under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule ...  Aug 7, 2006
...marketed products are OLUX(R) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%, Luxiq(R) (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%, Soriatane(R) (acitretin) capsules and Evoclin ... -Business Wire

Connetics Announces Extension and Changes in Terms of Convertible ...  Jul 19, 2006
...marketed products are OLUX(R) (clobetasol propionate) Foam, 0.05%; Luxiq(R) (betamethasone valerate) Foam, 0.12%; Soriatane(R) (acitretin) capsules; and Evoclin ... -Business Wire

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