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What you need to know about treating skin tags

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Skin tags are one of those things you probably don’t think about until you spot one. These small skin growths known as acrochordons are like tiny flaps of skin that don’t belong. In fact, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, 60% of American adults will experience skin tags at some point in their lives.

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Skin tag on eyelid: Causes and treatment

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Skin tags , also called acrochordons, are harmless growths that can occur anywhere on your body but tend to develop in more friction-heavy areas like the armpit, the neck along the seat belt line where clothes and jewelry touch, under the breasts, in the groin, or on the face—specifically, the eyelid. What causes skin tags on eyelids?

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STAT+: Kyowa Kirin to acquire Orchard Therapeutics, maker of gene therapy Libmeldy

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The medicines, which deliver functional genes to patients to overcome their genetic diseases, are one-time treatments that can have profound effects for patients but that typically carry seven-figure price tags, leading to so far slow rollouts. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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bluebird bio wins back-to-back landmark FDA approvals for first-in-class gene therapies

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These approvals represent crucial milestones for bluebird bio, the gene therapy field, and patients with rare genetic diseases. Spark Therapeutics’ Luxturna, indicated for inherited retinal disease (IRD), was the first gene therapy to be approved, in 2017, with a price tag of $850,000 for each eye.

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Free access to Zolgensma curbed, says Novartis

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First introduced in 2020, the global Managed Access Programme (gMAP) has provided Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) free of charge to nearly 300 children with the genetic disorder across 36 countries where the therapy has not yet received approval or in which no formal access pathway exists.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Some employers cut insurance coverage for weight loss drugs; U.S. urges ADHD pill makers to boost production

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… So many people have turned to drugs used for weight loss that some employers are cutting off insurance coverage to head off climbing bills , The Wall Street Journal reports. The outlays are straining the finances of some plans, including those funded by employers. Besides the $26,500 annual price tag, treatment could cost U.S.

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Cartherics grants licence for CTH-004 to Shunxi

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CTH-004 is developed by genetically altering patient T cells for inserting a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) to target a marker (TAG-72) on ovarian cancer cells and delete genes which are involved in T cell function suppression. Topic sponsors are not involved in the creation of editorial content.

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