New Psoriasis Drugs Not Much Better Than Standard Therapy, University of Pennsylvania Study

Newer, more expensive medications don’t work much better for the chronic inflammatory skin disease known as psoriasis than the standard treatment, a new study indicates. The researchers found that biologics, which can cost upwards of $10,000 a year, were slightly more effective than a standard drug treatment for psoriasis, methotrexate, but that their impact lessened over time.

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