Session Details

U085 What's New in Molluscum Contagiosum? Advances in Understanding and Treating Molluscipoxvirus

Mon, Mar 11, 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Room 5B
1 CME Available Focus Session ARS
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DESCRIPTION

Open admission to eligible categories, no tuition or ticket

This session will discuss the renewed interest in understanding the pathophysiology of molluscum and the importance of treatment versus a “watch and wait” strategy. Implications on patient quality of life and burden of illness will be discussed as well as managing difficult molluscum cases. New and emerging therapeutic strategies will be reviewed.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1.

Explain the unique pathophysiology of molluscum virus, its symptomology and transmissibility

2.

Describe the natural progression of molluscum as it relates to burden of illness and impact on quality of life

3.

Discuss molluscum treatment challenges, the current treatment landscape, and emerging therapeutic strategies

SCHEDULE

2:30 PM

What's new in Molluscum contagiosum?

SPEAKERS

Adelaide A. Hebert, MD, FAAD

Adelaide A. Hebert, MD, FAAD

Nanette Blythe Silverberg, MD, FAAD

Nanette Blythe Silverberg, MD, FAAD

SPEAKER DISCLOSURES

Adelaide A. Hebert, MD, FAAD

AbbVie – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Honoraria); Allergan, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Almirall – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Alumis – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Amgen – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Amyrt Pharma – Advisory Board(Honoraria); AnaptysBio – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Arcutis Biotherapeutics – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Arcutis, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); ASLAN Pharmaceuticals – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Beiersdorf, Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Bristol-Myers Squibb – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Cassiopea SpA – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Cassiopia – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Castle Biosciences – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Cutanea Life Sciences – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Demira – Other(No Compensation Received); Department of DEFENSE – Other(Grants/Research Funding); Dermavant Sciences – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Fall Clinical Dermatology Conference – Speaker(Honoraria); Galderma Laboratories, L.P. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); GlaxoSmithKline – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Data Safety Monitoring Board(Honoraria), Stockholder(Stock); Healthpoint – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Incyte Corporation – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Innovaderm Research Inc. – Consultant(No Compensation Received); Insignia Communications – Speaker(Honoraria); Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria); La Roche-Posay Laboratoire Pharmaceutique – Advisory Board(Honoraria); LEO Pharma, US – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Lilly ICOS LLC – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Mayne Pharma Group – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Med Learning Group – Speaker(Honoraria); Menarini Group – Speaker(Honoraria); Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC – Stockholder(Stock); NIH – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); NobelPharma – Consultant(Honoraria); Novan – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Honoraria); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – Other(Honoraria); OCuSOFT Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Ortho Dermatologics – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Pediatric Dermatolology 360 – Speaker(Honoraria); Pediatric Educational Foundation – Speaker/Faculty Education(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Other(No Compensation Received), Speaker/Faculty Education(Honoraria); PPD Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Regeneron – Data Safety Monitoring Board(Honoraria); Roivant Sciences – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Sanofi – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – Speaker(Honoraria); Trevi Therapeutics – Advisory Board(Honoraria); UCB – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Valeant Pharmaceuticals International – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Ventyx Biosciences – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); VeraDermics Inc. – Consultant(Fees); Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc – Advisory Board(Fees); Vial – Consultant(Honoraria); VYNE Therapeutics – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Winter Clinical Dermatology Conference – Speaker(Honoraria); Xencon – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Xencor – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding);

Nanette Blythe Silverberg, MD, FAAD

Incyte Corporation – Consultant(Grants/Research Funding); Pfizer Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker/Faculty Education(Honoraria); Regeneron – Advisory Board(Honoraria); regeneron – Speaker(Honoraria); Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc – Speaker(Honoraria);