Article: UK's NICE issues chronic hand eczema appraisal doc.

Article: Alitretinoin approved in Germany for chronic hand ...
Inpharma Weekly;  October 11, 2008 ;     347 words ... ... Alitretinoin approved in Germany for chronic hand eczema. Basilea Pharmaceutica has ... for use in adults with severe chronic hand eczema that is unresponsive to potent ... Canada and Switzerland for chronic hand eczema. [Reference] Basilea Pharmaceutica ...

Article: Results of the largest-ever study investigating a new treatment ...
Dermatology Nursing;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 2008, the British Journal of Dermatology published the results of the largest clinical trial ever performed in chronic hand eczema (CHE). This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study, sponsored by Basilea Pharmaceutica ...

Article: Alitretinoin for hand eczema.(PIPELINE ...
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology;  February 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... for the treatment of severe chronic hand eczema. This trial, entitled the ... alitretinoin in patients with severe chronic hand eczema in the United States. Alitretinoin ... approved in Europe for severe chronic hand eczema that has been refractory to ...

Article: Oral retinoid achieves hand eczema clearance.(NEWS)
Skin & Allergy News;  August 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... PRAGUE -- Steroid-resistant hand eczema responds almost half the time ... individual signs and symptoms of chronic hand eczema," said Dr. Hillen. "Patients ... Europe and Canada. All had chronic hand eczema unresponsive to topical steroids ...

Article: Try to differentiate hand eczema variants
Dermatology Times;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...New Orleans - Hand eczema is one of the most common work ... diagnosis is complicated because hand eczema is almost always a group of concurrent ... terms are generally used to mean chronic hand eczema," Dr. Storrs says. "But I think ...

Article: Two European approvals of alitretinoin for hand ...
Inpharma Weekly;  October 25, 2008 ;     322 words ...Basilea Pharmaceutica's alitretinoin [Tortino], a oncedaily oral treatment for adults with severe chronic hand eczema unresponsive to potent topical corticosteroids, has received national regulatory approvals in both France and ...

Article: Patch testing in hand eczema at a tertiary care ...
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Sir, Hand eczema is a descriptive diagnosis for dermatitis ... origin. [1] Most of the cases of hand eczema have a multifactorial etiology ... importance in appropriate management of hand eczema. As clinical differentiation between ...