EADV Highlights

It was a pleasure to meet Dr Christian Vestergaard (Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark) to discuss the use of biologics in the treatment of paediatric skin diseases. His presentation entitled ‘The use of biological drugs for skin diseases in children’ was presented at the EADV 30th Congress, 29 Sep – 2 Oct 2021. Questions What […]

touchIMMUNOLOGY were delighted to discuss with Prof. Rosalie Luiten (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) the role of resident memory T cells in autoimmune vitiligo and tumour immunity, and how they could be used as a therapeutic target. Her presentation entitled ‘Skin-resident T-cells as a potential new therapeutic target in vitiligo’ was given at the […]

It was a pleasure to discuss with Prof. Rosalie Luiten (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) the immunological link between vitiligo and melanoma. Her presentation entitled ‘Skin-resident T-cells as a potential new therapeutic target in vitiligo’ was given at the EADV 30th Congress, 29 Sep – 2 Oct. Questions How are vitiligo and melanoma linked? […]

It was a pleasure to speak with Prof. John E Harris (University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA) about the use of JAK inhibitors in vitiligo, what we have learned from their discontinuation and how this has helped drive the development of IL-15-targeted therapies. His presentation entitled ‘Vitiligo: from topical JAK inhibitors to anti-IL15R’ […]

As always, it was an honor to speak with Prof. John E Harris (University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA) about therapies, old and new, that have been used in the treatment of vitiligo. His presentation entitled ‘Vitiligo: from topical JAK inhibitors to anti-IL15R’ was given at the EADV 30th Congress, 29 Sep – […]

In this interview, we talk with Dr Brian Kim (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA) about the current unmet need in the treatment of pruritus and how the therapeutic landscape is changing. His presentation entitled ‘New frontiers in itch therapy‘ was given at the EADV 30th Congress, 29 Sep – 2 Oct […]

It was a pleasure to meet up with Dr Brian Kim (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA) to talk about the use of difelikefalin in treating pruritus associated with atopic dermatitis (AD). His presentation entitled ‘Oral Difelikefalin Reduces Pruritus in Atopic Dermatitis’ was given at the EADV 30th Congress, 29 Sep – […]

touchIMMUNOLOGY had the great pleasure of speaking with Prof. Sonja Ständer (University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany) about new treatments for chronic pruritus and prurigo. Her presentation entitled ‘New treatments for chronic pruritus and prurigo’ was given at the EADV 30th Congress, 29 Sep – 2 Oct. Disclosures: Prof. Sonja Ständer has acted as an investigator […]

Prof. Sonja Ständer (University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany) kindly took the time to speak to us about the health burden of prurigo and recent investigations into the IL-31 targeted therapy, nemolizumab. Her presentation entitled ‘Nemolizumab rapidly relieves itch and sleep disturbances in patients with prurigo nodularis’ was given at the EADV 30th Congress, 29 Sep […]