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Is PASI 100 the new benchmark in psoriasis?


 

EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM SDEF HAWAII DERMATOLOGY SEMINAR


“This is really quite remarkable,” Dr. Leonardi commented. “Our first drug back in 2002 was alefacept, and that drug was a ‘twenty-one percenter’: 21% of patients achieved a PASI 75. And quite frankly, we thought that was rocking voodoo science back in the day. Well, we’re really out there now. This is utterly amazing data: a PASI 75 of 81.6% for secukinumab, 86% for brodalumab, 90% for ixekizumab, and 91.2% for guselkumab. This is why we’re publishing this stuff in the best medical journals, because these results are absolutely amazing. So many different medical specialties are interested in what we’re doing with these drugs.”

He reported serving as a consultant to AbbVie, Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Dermira, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Leo, Pfizer, Sandoz, and UCB and receiving research funding from 21 pharmaceutical companies.

The SDEF/Global Academy for Medical Education and this news organization are owned by the same parent company.

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