Now, well more than 20 years into this university-based pediatric dermatologic career, I still am astonished at how often my colleagues and I in dermatology, pediatric dermatology, and pediatrics underestimate the psychosocial impact of skin disease on a child and the child's family.
The FDA approval, based on 36-week data from the phase 3 BRAVE-AA-PEDS trial, extends baricitinib access to patients as young as 12 years old with severe alopecia areata.