• Breaking Bad: IgG4 in Autoimmunity

  Our laboratory researches a rare and debilitating autoantibody-mediated disease called pemphigus vulgaris, in which the immune system generates antibodies against desmogleins, which are proteins responsible for holding skin cells together.

• Syntimmune Announces FDA Orphan Drug Designation for SYNT001 in Treatment of Pemphigus

  On September 12, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an orphan drug designation to Syntimmune Inc.’s SYNT001 for the treatment of pemphigus.

• 2018 Highlight: Patient Education Conference

  The 2018 IPPF Patient Education Conference was an amazing opportunity for patients and their support systems to not only have direct access to IPPF staff, but also some of the leading minds who treat pemphigus and pemphigoid.  

• Principia Biopharma Reports Positive PRN1008 Phase 2 Top-Line Results and Initiates Phase 3 Pemphigus Program

  Principia Biopharma Inc. (Nasdaq: PRNB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing transformative oral therapies to patients with significant unmet medical needs in immunology and oncology, today announced positive top-line data from the completed open-label Phase 2 trial of PRN1008 in patients with pemphigus (including both pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF)) and the ...

• Aimee Payne and Nicola Mason Receive NIH Award

  Transformative Research Award Will Support Further Pemphigus Research Nicola J. Mason, BVetMed, PhD, associate professor of Medicine and Pathobiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Aimee S. Payne, MD, PhD, the Albert M. Kligman Associate Professor of Dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have ...

• Bertilimumab Granted Fast Track Designation for the Treatment of Bullous Pemphigoid

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation to bertilimumab for the treatment of bullous pemphigoid. The FDA’s Fast Track program is designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions that are unmet medical needs.

• Bertilimumab Granted Orphan Drug Designation for the Treatment of Bullous Pemphigoid

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to bertilimumab for the treatment of bullous pemphigoid.

• Self-Care: Comfort Techniques and Dressings

  Pemphigus and pemphigoid (P/P) patients may agree that in the early months of their condition it is a very painful and difficult time. However, the following suggestions may be helpful like learning how to care for our skin in terms of taking and applying topical medications, cleansers, moisturizers, dressings, and staying comfortable.

• Rituxan Receives FDA Approval to Treat Pemphigus Vulgaris

  On Thursday, June 7th, the FDA approved Rituxan for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe pemphigus vulgaris (PV). Rituxan is the first biologic therapy approved by the FDA for PV and the first major advancement in the treatment of PV in more than 60 years.

• Syntimmune Announces Positive Preliminary Results from Clinical Proof-of-Concept Trial of SYNT001 in Pemphigus Vulgaris and Foliaceus

  Syntimmune recently announced positive preliminary results from its phase 1b proof-of-concept trial of SYNT001 in pemphigus vulgaris and foliaceus patients. It’s exciting for the IPPF to share good news related to research and treatments. The full press release from Syntimmune can be found here. The following is an excerpt:   Syntimmune, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing ...

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