And this year it received Indian regulatory approval for a treatment of the skin disease psoriasis.
The newly approved psoriasis medicine, Raptiva, will battle it out with Amgen and Biogen Idec drugs.
Biologics like Amgen's Enbrel--a protein drug for immune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis--have become blockbusters.
Efficacy has been shown in arthritis, psoriasis, and gout models, among others ( here).
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Common diseases such as psoriasis and rare conditions such as dermatomyositis can cause itchy scalp.
These findings represent an important step towards the development of better-designed treatments for psoriasis sufferers.
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In tests, psoriasis disappeared in a quarter of cases and half saw an improvement.
Its drug fights psoriasis, but Biogen, Amgen and Genentech won't quietly get out of the way.
And to top it all off, I had psoriasis that was covering almost my whole body.
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The more stress I felt over all of this, the worse my psoriasis got.
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The big sleeper is tasocitinib, a so-called janus kinase inhibitor, for rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
Within weeks Reilly had results predicting his colleague was at risk for baldness, psoriasis and glaucoma.
That's true even though Amevive, for psoriasis, and Zevalin, for lymphoma, have been small sellers for Biogen.
Also, Biogen faces heavy competition with two of its big drugs: Avonex (multiple sclerosis) and Amevive (psoriasis).
Drugs targeting them may one day treat diseases as diverse as psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, lupus, even cancer.
In fact, most analysts think Enbrel, the leader in the rheumatoid-arthritis space, will also lead in psoriasis.
Still others were diagnosed with long-term health conditions such as Crohn's disease, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid disorders.
High levels of TNF also are found in the skin of psoriasis patients.
Private companies have also combed the data to find genes that play roles in diabetes, asthma, psoriasis and migraines.
For years biotech firms had tried but failed to develop drugs for psoriasis.
Although he has stripped back his expectations, Farmer still thinks the drug has a place as a psoriasis treatment.
He now plans to repeat the study in people who have certain skin conditions such as psoriasis or eczema.
Abbott Laboratories' Humira, for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and Crohn's disease, has been one of the pharmaceutical industry's biggest success stories.
These are called keratinocytes and cause a thickening of the skin, resulting in the raised red, scaly patches of psoriasis.
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This morning, biotechnology firms Genentech and Xoma announced that they stopped testing their experimental psoriasis drug Raptiva for rheumatoid arthritis.
This morning, Biogen announced that the Food and Drug Administration has approved its drug Amevive as a treatment for psoriasis.
The psoriasis market is enticing to drugmakers, and most big biotech drug companies are testing medicines that treat the disease.
Enbrel is now in tests for two dozen other diseases, from chronic heart failure to psoriasis to Alzheimer's and even some cancers.
She went to many doctors for all these different conditions, and they suggested various treatments, such as cortisone cream for the psoriasis.
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In a test of Enbrel on 19 psoriasis patients, on average half of the rash disappeared after three months, with few side effects.
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