(Adnkronos) - “Il farmaco c'è e ha un'ottima rispondenza sulla pelle e sull'artrite psoriasica, quindi potrebbe essere una vera accoppiata vincente. Anche se è importante ricordare che ogni paziente ha una storia a sé”. A dichiararlo è Valeria Corazza, presidente Fondazione Corazza Onlus e Apiafco, a margine dell’evento con il quale Ucb ha dato l’annuncio del via libera di Aifa all’estensione della rimborsabilità in Italia di bimekizumab per l’artrite psoriasica attiva, dopo quella ottenuta nel marzo 2023 per la psoriasi a placche da moderata a severa.
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00:00The main needs of the patients affected by psoriasis are, it seems strange, but we must
00:10start talking about the information, because the patient must be aware of what he has.
00:16First of all, he must know that he has psoriasis, which manifests itself on the skin, but which
00:21is a disease that leads to its comorbidities, and most importantly, because one in three,
00:27one in four, develops psoriasis, so he must be aware, informed, and for this reason
00:35it is necessary to have a safe diagnosis as soon as possible, because with an early diagnosis
00:42and with an appropriate drug, it is possible to keep the skin under control, but also
00:49probably to anticipate the arrival of these comorbidities.
00:53This is certainly not the case, and then an absolutely important thing would be this,
00:58and that is to say that with the most modern and perfect drugs, in the beginning it is possible to access
01:08the best treatment available in a short time and everywhere in the Italian territory,
01:14because ecu-access is something that is not yet practiced throughout our territory.
01:22I would say that there are other issues, such as being able to sit at the regional tables
01:28where the decisions of the policies regarding the pathologies are made, because I believe
01:35that the opinion and information on the real life of the patients can only be given by the associations,
01:41the others will give the real life clinic.
01:44There is a drug, but we don't want to make the figure of the child who looks inside the pastry shop
01:49and says, I can look at the focaccia with the cream, I need to put my hands on it.
01:53I would say that this is also a drug that has an excellent response on the skin,
01:59so it could be a real pair, you know that it works on the skin and you know that it will also work
02:06on psoriasis, even if I am not tired of repeating that every patient has its own story.
02:12So, having everything at our disposal, there are those who respond well to a drug, to a molecule,
02:18and those who don't.
02:19This is, however, let's say, today as today, we have never been able to count on such a wide range of therapies as today.
02:29The important thing is, as I said before, to put our hands on it.