40 Years of Topical Tretinoin Use in Review

June 2013 | Volume 12 | Issue 6 | Original Article | 638 | Copyright © June 2013


Hilary E. Baldwin MD,a Marge Nighland BS,b Clare Kendall MA,c David A. Mays PharmD MBA,c Rachel Grossman MD,b,c and Joan Newburger PhDc

aSUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY bValeant Dermatology, a subsidiary of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC, Bridgewater, NJ cJohnson & Johnson Consumer & Personal Products Worldwide, Skillman, NJ

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CONCLUSION

Editorial assistance for this manuscript was provided by Erin Falconer PhD of The Lockwood Group. Funding for editorial assistance was provided by Valeant Dermatology, a subsidiary of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC, Bridgewater, NJ.
H.E. Baldwin MD has participated on an advisory board for Galderma and as a speaker for Allergan, Galderma, Medicis, Onset Dermatologics, and Valeant. M. Nighland BS is an employee and stockholder of Johnson & Johnson. C. Kendall MA and D.A. Mays PharmD MBA are employees of Johnson & Johnson Group of Consumer Companies, Inc. R. Grossman MD is a Johnson & Johnson stockholder and employee of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC. J. Newburger PhD was an employee of Johnson & Johnson at the time of manuscript development and is a current stockholder of Johnson & Johnson.

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