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Baricitinib, an oral, selective Janus kinase (JAK)1/JAK2 inhibitor, may help improve hair growth in patients with severe alopecia areata, according to results from the phase III BRAVE-AA1 and BRAVE-AA2 trials.

New data presented at EADV 2021 support the efficacy of secukinumab 300-mg dose in a 2-mL autoinjector compared with two 150 mg in 1 mL pre-filled syringes or placebo for psoriasis, with no new safety signals observed within 52 weeks.

The investigational, first-in-class, allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor deucravacitinib showed durable efficacy for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis*, according to the 52-week efficacy analysis results of the POETYK** PSO-1 and POETYK PSO-2 trials presented at EADV 2021.

The humanized immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody risankizumab conferred long-term benefit for individuals with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) who had inadequate responses to biologic and conventional synthetic DMARDs* (csDMARDs), according to the open-label extension (OLE) phase findings of the KEEPsAKE 1 and 2 trials presented at EADV 2021.

Treatment with delgocitinib ointment, a topical Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, for paediatric atopic dermatitis (AD) is effective and well tolerated when applied for up to 56 weeks, according to a phase III trial and a subsequent open-label, long-term study in Japan.

Individuals with rosacea are at heightened risk of developing subsequent cardiovascular disease, as suggested in a study.

Individuals who had been exposed to upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) and antibiotics as a child are at heightened risks of atopic dermatitis and allergic skin diseases in their young adulthood, as reported in a study.