Archive for November, 2014
Recent Rosacea Blog Posts

An interesting development in rosacea clinical trials is the emergence of a new company called Actavis. Actavis have listed a large trial where they plan to test their Brimonidine Gel against Galderma’s recently FDA approved Brimonidine-based Mirvaso Gel. The large Phase 3 trial will compare the response after 7 days. Up to 462 patients in […]

Lots of mainstream media attention this week relating to a new type of antibiotic that is able to kill that increasingly resistant bacteria MRSA. The small patient trial was able to demonstrate that this new enzyme derived from a virus that infects bacteria, was able to clear MRSA skin infections. What does this mean to […]

In a short paper, researchers have detailed the investigation into demodex mite bacteria that was able to isolate another pathogenic bacteria. This time the bacteria is known as Bartonella quintana. B. quintana can now join B. oleronius bacteria directly linked to demodex mites. Here is what you need to know.