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2023
- NPF Announces New Rheumatology Fellows Meeting (May 22, 2023)
- NPF Celebrates Safe Step Act Progress – Urges Continued Advancement (May 15, 2023)
- Patient and Provider Groups Applaud Senate Help Committee for Including Safe Step Act in PBM Reform Legislation (May 11, 2023)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Welcomes New Chief Scientific and Medical Officer (May 10, 2023)
- Two of the Nation’s Largest Patient and Provider Advocacy Coalitions Join Forces to Call For Inclusion of Consumer-Friendly Policies in PBM Reform Legislation (April 26, 2023)
- NPF Awards 8 Research Grants and Fellowships (April 19, 2023)
- Patient Advocates and Health Care Provider Groups Applaud Filing of the ‘Safe Step Act’ in U.S. House and Senate (April 13, 2023)
- NPF Honors Extraordinary Medical Professionals (March 17, 2023)
- AAD Remarks from the NPF CEO (March 17, 2023)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Awards 2 Cycle 1 Bridge Grants (February 1, 2023)
- 20 New Products Earn NPF Seal of Recognition (January 19, 2023)
2021 and 2022
- NPF Commit to Cure Gala Honors Dr. Nehal N. Mehta, Dr. Abby S. Van Voorhees, and Sam Lichten (December 12, 2022)
- NPF CEO Elected to National Health Council Board (December 6, 2022)
- NPF Advocates Help 3 States Improve Access to Care (November 11, 2022)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Applauds Key Patient Protections Included in the Inflation Reduction Act (August 12, 2022)
- New Data Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Stressed, Posing a Threat to the 8 Million Living With Psoriasis (August 9, 2022)
- NPF Awards $3.2 Million in Research Grants and Fellowships (July 1, 2022)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Selects Leah M. Howard as President and CEO (June 8, 2022)
- The National Psoriasis Foundation Announces New Chief Financial Officer (April 29, 2022)
- Mary Carroll Appointed to NPF Board of Directors (April 28, 2022)
- Medical Professionals Recognized for their Meaningful Impact on the Psoriatic Disease Community (March 25, 2022)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Partners with National Institutes of Health and Others to Identify and Map Key Biological Pathways That Drive Immune-Mediated and Autoimmune Diseases (December 17, 2021)
- NPF Launches Multimedia Resource Center for Health Care Providers Caring for Individuals with Psoriatic Disease (November 15, 2021)
- Board of Directors Announces Retirement of Long-Serving CEO Randy Beranek, with the National Psoriasis Foundation Positioned for Future Impact (October 1, 2021)
- NPF Announces Funding of Multi-Center Clinical Trial Aimed at Reducing Cardiovascular Risk for the Next Phase of the Psoriasis Prevention Initiative (September 24, 2021)
- North Carolina Becomes Seventh State to Ban Copay Accumulator Adjustment Programs in 2021 (September 22, 2021)
- NPF Presents Alexa B. Kimball, M.D., MPH and Christopher Ritchlin, M.D., MPH with Lifetime Achievement Award (September 9, 2021)
- The National Psoriasis Foundation Announces New Chief Revenue Officer (August 31, 2021)
- The National Psoriasis Foundation Awarded Significant Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (August 26, 2021)
- NPF Task Force Issues New Guidance Statements Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters (August 25, 2021)
- The National Psoriasis Foundation Selects the Happify Health Digital Health Platform, Kopa, As Official Online Community (August 24, 2021)
- NPF Volunteer Family Featured on NBC, Airing Saturday, July 24 (July 24, 2021)
- Step Therapy Reform Becomes Law in Arizona (July 12, 2021)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Awards $2.82 Million in Research Grants and Fellowships (July 2, 2021)
- Oregon Strengthens Utilization Management Protections for Step Therapy and Prior Authorization (June 3, 2021)
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Issues New Guidance Statements in Response to CDC Guidelines (June 1, 2021)
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Reinstates Guidance for Johnson & Johnson Vaccine (April 30, 2021)
- NFL Veteran Jonathan Scott Joins NPF Board of Directors (April 26, 2021)
- Nebraska Passes Step Therapy Reform to Improve Patient Protections (April 1, 2021)
- U.S. House and Senate Reintroduce the Safe Step Act (March 30, 2021)
- Medical Professionals Recognized for their Significant Impact on the Psoriatic Disease Community (March 15, 2021)
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Updates Guidance Statements Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines (March 5, 2021)
- Arkansas Becomes First State to Pass Comprehensive Step Therapy Reform Legislation in 2021 (February 23, 2021)
- Updated Guidance for Management of Psoriatic Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic Accepted for Publication in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (January 7, 2021)
July 1, 2019 to 2020
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Issues New Guidance Statements Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines Along with Updates to Prior Guidance (December 14, 2020)
- NPF Announces Opening of 2021 Grant Program (October 15, 2020)
- NPF Announces New Mental Health Grant (October 8, 2020)
- NPF Selects Nine New Youth Ambassadors (September 18, 2020)
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Guidance for Management of Psoriatic Disease During the Pandemic Accepted for Publication in the Esteemed Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (September 9, 2020)
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Provides Guidance for People with Psoriatic Disease (August 19, 2020)
- The National Psoriasis Foundation Names MyPsoriasisTeam as its Official Online Community (August 18, 2020)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Appoints April Armstrong MD as Medical Board Chair (July 16, 2020)
- North Carolina Improves Patient Access Through New Step Therapy Reform Law (July 8, 2020)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Awards $3.28 Million in Research Grants and Fellowships (July 6, 2020)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Celebrates Abby Van Voorhees M.D. (June 26, 2020)
- Louisiana Continues to Protect Patients with Passage of Updated Step Therapy Reform Bill (June 13, 2020)
- Psoriatic Disease Does Not Discriminate (Jun 12, 2020)
- Corrona® Psoriasis Registry Shares Real-World Evidence at AAD Virtual Meeting Experience (June 12, 2020)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Forms COVID-19 Task Force (Jun 11, 2020)
- Medical Professionals Recognized for their Significant Impact on the Psoriatic Disease Community (May 18, 2020)
- 53 Patient and Provider Groups Ask Congress for Step Therapy Guardrails in Future COVID-19 Relief Legislation (April 23, 2020)
- South Dakota Passes New Step Therapy Reform Bill (March 27, 2020)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Releases New Funding Opportunities (November 18, 2019)
- The National Psoriasis Foundation and the American Academy of Dermatology Releases First-Ever Guidelines for Pediatric Psoriasis Treatment (November 5, 2019)
- Senate Introduces Bi-partisan Step Therapy Patient Protections (September 26, 2019)
- Three Experts Join National Psoriasis Foundation Medical Board (August 5, 2019)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Awards $2.8 Million in Research Grants and Fellowships (July 12, 2019)
- New Law Helps Wisconsin Patients Navigate Step Therapy Protocols (July 9, 2019)
- National Psoriasis Foundation to Improve Lives for all with Psoriatic Disease (July 1, 2019)
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