Head & Shoulders, Xolegel form duo

Barrier Therapeutics will package a 1.7-oz. bottle of Procter & Gamble's Head & Shoulders anti-dandruff shampoo alongside its seborrheic dermatitis treatment Xolegel in Xolegel Duo, drug company announces May 22. Kit will offer patients a complete treatment regimen for seborrheic dermatitis, an inflammatory skin condition that affects the scalp, face and body. "With an estimated 90% of patients with seborrheic dermatitis believed to have affected areas on the scalp as well as on the face and body, this complete treatment system can help patients effectively manage this irritating and often embarrassing condition," says Al Altomari, CEO of Barrier Therapeutics. The pharmaceutical firm will handle assemblage, distribution, pricing, marketing, promotion and sale of the kits and will receive all proceeds from sales. Xolegel Duo will be available by prescription in June...