News | Dermatology

NSAIDs may help protect against skin cancer

The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), a class of medicines used to treat pain and inflammation, is associated with a reduced risk of developing cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), a type of skin cancer, research suggests.…

Immune checkpoint inhibitors bring new hope to cancer patients

PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors induce a higher response rate across a wider range of tumours than other immunotherapies.…

Diabetic wounds heal faster with deferoxamine patch

Researchers have developed a transdermal patch that delivers the small molecule deferoxamine to accelerate wound healing in diabetes.…

First drug for rare sun disease recommended for approval in Europe

The European Medicines Agency recommends that Scenesse (afamelanotide) should be approved for the prevention of severe sunburn in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria.…