Those who have been around on the internet for a while won’t have failed to notice ZENMED. ZENMED (they use all capitals) are good at advertising and have a high profile through their advertising campaigns. In fact because Zenmed use Google Adwords you can sometimes see advertisements for them here on rosacea-support.org. When you have a company that you don’t know much about, but has …
2. AAD: natural ingredients have a role in rosacea therapy
As promised in my 67th AAD Meeting SFO, rosacea highlights news item, here are some updates from the conference proceedings and handouts. In this update we’ll look at how Dr. Downie suggests that natural ingredients do have a role in the treatment of rosacea. It is encouraging to see these complementary ingredients feverfew, green tea and licorice getting some mainstream …
3. IPL pain and no gain: Telegraph Health & Well Being
The UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph has a short fluff piece on IPL. As is usually the case with this style of article there is little substance. The reporter was not impressed with the results but was impressed with the pain and bruising and swelling. Intense Pulsed Light (IPL): miracle cure or waste of money? It is …
4. Galderma suing Mylan Pharmaceuticals over Oracea
Galderma, the makers of Oracea are suing Mylan Pharmaceuticals for allegedly infringing 4 patents related to their sub-antimicrobiotic dose doxycycline product Oracea. State University of New York, Galderma Sue Mylan March 20 (Bloomberg) — The State University of New York, Galderma Laboratories LP and New York University sued generic- drug maker Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. for allegedly …
5. Sun linked to rosacea, but which came first ?
The NRS have an entry up on their weblog discussing the link between sunburn and rosacea. A study of 65 healthy subjects and 65 moderate to severe rosacea sufferers found that the rosacea patients `had significantly higher rates of blistering sunburns that those without rosacea’. Sadly there was no conclusion as to whether the extra incidence of sunburn contributed to the severity of …
6. Sansrosa composition revealed in patent application
A new sansrosa patent application has appeared, and from it was can see clearly what formula will be used for the sansrosa gel and sansrosa cream formulations. We don’t know the official name for the product yet, but it seems to make sense to me to call the product Sansrosa Gel and Sansrosa Cream.
Those following the development of sansrosa closely will be encouraged by this …
7. Rosacea Expert Series: IPL & Laser
Continuing our Rosacea Expert series, the Rosacea Support Resource Pages now has a summary of the ongoing Ask a Doctor IPL & Laser sub-forum. Have a read of Laser & IPL: Dr. Peter Crouch, MB.BS, Dr Steve Johnson, MD, Dr. Nicholas Soldo, MD to find out more about the following questions; ACCUTANE WITH RED LIGHT …
8. ho hum: finacea + oracea vs. metrogel 1% + oracea
The Clinical Trials register has listed a new trial for papulopustular rosacea. The trial, sponsored by Intendis, the manufacturer of Finacea, wants to compare the combination of Oracea and Finacea, with the combination of Oracea and Metrogel 1%. It seems clear from this that Intendis would like to position Finacea as a viable alternative to Metrogel. This makes good sense …
9. 67th AAD Meeting SFO, rosacea highlights
The 67th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology is due to meet this week in San Francisco. I have to say that the AM09 Program looks a little uninteresting for those following rosacea developments. The program contains a few advertisements from Finacea, the new Instant Relief Mineral Powder from the Clinique Redness solutions range and also Aczone …
