AAD Annual Meeting 2026: key results and trends

What the 1,896 abstracts at AAD Annual Meeting 2026 reported, drug by drug: the readouts that stood out and the targets and modalities that dominated.

abstracts
1,896
drug-linked abstracts
581
companies
119
from Phase 3 studies
72

Drug-linked abstracts by phase

  • Phase 1 9
  • Phase 2 22
  • Phase 2/3 6
  • Phase 3 72
  • Phase 4 8

Key results

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  1. Phase 3Plaque psoriasis

    guselkumab

    VISIBLE Cohort A: Guselkumab Skin Clearance and Patient-Reported Outcomes Across Skin and Joint Symptoms Through Week 100 in Participants With Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis Across All Skin Tones

    IGA0/1 (clear/minimal) and PASI90 response rates improved through W48 and were maintained at ~70% through W100 in the guselkumab-randomized and placebo-guselkumab groups.

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  2. Phase 3Psoriasis

    tildrakizumab

    Efficacy and safety of tildrakizumab in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis affecting the nails: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 3b trial

    mNAPSI 75 response rate to tildrakizumab increased from 25.5% at W28 to 41.2% at W52; 76.9% of W28 responders sustained response at W52.

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  3. Phase 3Plaque psoriasis

    icotrokinra

    Consistency of Skin Clearance With the Targeted Oral Peptide Icotrokinra: Results From a Large Pooled Cohort of Phase 3 Study Participants With Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis

    ICO demonstrated higher IGA 0/1 response rates vs PBO at W16 (67.5% vs 9.2%); treatment effect (proportion difference: 57.9% [95%CI:53.8–61.6%]) was consistent across subgroups (range:51.8–64.2%).

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  4. Phase 3Plaque psoriasis

    bimekizumab

    Bimekizumab on-treatment remission as defined by the National Psoriasis Foundation: 1-year results versus ustekinumab and secukinumab in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis

    At Year1, 55.8%/57.4% bimekizumab-treated vs 26.7% ustekinumab-treated/40.8% secukinumab-treated patients achieved remission.

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  5. Phase 3Atopic dermatitis (AD)

    abrocitinib

    Greater Achievement of Minimal Disease Activity With Abrocitinib Versus Dupilumab: An AHEAD Treat-to-Target Analysis of Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis

    Of patients receiving abrocitinib 100 or 200 mg monotherapy, 2.5% and 5.6% achieved MDA at Week 2 versus 0.0% receiving placebo; dose-dependent responses increased at Week 12 (100 mg: 20.7%; 200 mg: 35.7%).

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  6. Phase 3Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)

    deucravacitinib

    Efficacy and safety of deucravacitinib vs placebo in patients with active psoriatic arthritis by concomitant methotrexate use: a pooled analysis of pivotal phase 3 studies

    Rates of AEs and SAEs through W16 were similar with deucravacitinib and placebo regardless of concomitant use of methotrexate (AEs: no, 64.6% vs 51.1%; yes, 59.3% vs 51.3%; SAEs: no, 2.3% vs 1.9%; yes, 1.6% vs 1.6%).

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  7. Phase 2Atopic dermatitis (AD)

    apg777

    Robust Efficacy of APG777 in Atopic Dermatitis Regardless of Baseline Disease Severity: Results from the Phase 2 APEX Part A Study

    Treatment with APG777 was well-tolerated and led to an overall EASI-75 response rate of 74.7% (n=56/75) at Week 16 (vs. 26.3% [n=10/38] placebo; p<0.001).

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  8. Phase 2Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)

    lutikizumab

    Characterization of the IHS4 Response to Lutikizumab Treatment in Biologic-Naïve Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS)

    At Week 16, patients receiving lutikizumab showed improvement in percent change from baseline in AN count (-70.8%) and draining tunnels (-84.8%).

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  9. Phase 1Plaque psoriasis

    SHR-1139

    A Randomized, Double-blind, Dose-Escalation, Placebo-Controlled Phase I Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of SHR-1139 for Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis

    Percentage change in PASI from baseline was -96.6% and -98.6% with SHR-1139 100 and 300 mg (vs 0 with placebo).

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What the abstracts covered

Share of the 581 drug-linked abstracts, by the target, modality, disease and company of each drug. An abstract can count in more than one row, so a list can add up to more than 100%.

  • Bispecific antibodies7%41 drug-linked abstracts

Top targets

  1. JAK17112%
  2. IL4R509%
  3. IL13RA1498%
  4. IL-17A376%
  5. RARG326%
  6. JAK2264%
  7. IL23A254%
  8. IL23R254%
  9. RXRA244%
  10. TNFA183%

Top modalities

  1. Small molecules35461%
  2. Monoclonal antibodies16629%
  3. Bispecific antibodies417%
  4. Carbohydrate, lipid and polymer therapeutics285%
  5. Natural-product mixtures and botanicals264%
  6. Peptides193%
  7. Non-antibody therapeutic proteins142%
  8. Vaccines132%

Top diseases

  1. Atopic dermatitis (AD)10919%
  2. Psoriasis519%
  3. Plaque psoriasis478%
  4. Acne vulgaris417%
  5. Alopecia areata397%
  6. Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)376%
  7. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)234%
  8. Vitiligo183%
  9. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)153%
  10. Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU)153%

Most active companies

  1. Pfizer5710%
  2. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals509%
  3. AbbVie387%
  4. Johnson & Johnson285%
  5. Novartis285%
  6. Eli Lilly224%
  7. Roche173%
  8. Incyte163%
  9. UCB153%
  10. Merck142%

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