Article: Alitretinoin approved in Germany for chronic hand eczema

Article: Potential new treatment for patients with severe chronic ...
Dermatology Nursing;  September 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... economic, and social impact of severe, chronic hand eczema can be enormous and thus patients are hopeful ... of all job-related skin conditions. Chronic hand eczema (CHE), also known as chronic hand dermatitis, is characterized by thick ...

Article: Alitretinoin [Toctino; Basilea Pharmaceutica] has been accepted ...
PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News;  March 21, 2009 ;     343 words ... ... Pharmaceutical has been accepted as a treatment for severe chronic hand eczema in Scotland's NHS, by the Scottish Medicines Consortium ... relates to use of the drug in adults with severe chronic hand eczema unresponsive to potent topical corticosteroids ...

Article: UK's NICE issues chronic hand eczema ...
Pharma Marketletter;  May 18, 2009 ;     481 words ... ... recommendation in favor of Swiss drugmaker Basilea Pharmaceutica's Toctino (alitretinoin) for patients with chronic hand eczema. The Institute proposes that the agent be used once-a day for adults with the condition who are unresponsive ...

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 ...