Halobetasol Propionate 0.01%/Tazarotene 0.045% Lotion for Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis: Pooled Phase 3 Analysis of Lower Extremities

April 2020 | Volume 19 | Issue 4 | Original Article | 389 | Copyright © April 2020


Published online March 20, 2020

Stephen Tyring MD PhD,a Leon H. Kircik MD,b Paul Yamauchi MD PhD,c Abby Jacobson MS PA-C,d Tina Lin PharmDd

aUniversity of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX bIndiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Physicians Skin Care, PLLC, Louisville, KY; and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY cDermatology Institute & Skin Care Center, Inc., Santa Monica, CA dOrtho Dermatologics,* Bridgewater, NJ *Ortho Dermatologics is a division of Bausch Health US, LLC.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Medical writing and editorial support were provided by Mark Skopin and Paul Ferguson of Prescott Medical Communications Group (Chicago, IL) with financial support from Ortho Dermatologics. Ortho Dermatologics is a division of Bausch Health US, LLC.

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Stephen Tyring MD PhD styring@ccstexas.com