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Acne Pipeline Yields Three Disappointments, One Win So Far In 2017

 
• By Mandy Jackson

The pipeline of acne therapeutics is packed with possibilities, but of four candidates to report data so far this year, only one was successful – Allergan's and Paratek's sarecycline, which may be a better antibiotic option, but doesn't give dermatologists a much-needed new mechanism of action.

Acne on face

Allergan PLC and Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc. had the only positive acne data out of four later-stage programs that have reported results so far in 2017 when the partners unveiled Phase III results for sarecycline, a potentially safer cycline oral antibiotic.

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