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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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
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)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.
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
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)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.
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
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)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%).
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
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)At Year1, 55.8%/57.4% bimekizumab-treated vs 26.7% ustekinumab-treated/40.8% secukinumab-treated patients achieved remission.
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
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)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%).
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
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)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%).
apg777
Robust Efficacy of APG777 in Atopic Dermatitis Regardless of Baseline Disease Severity: Results from the Phase 2 APEX Part A Study
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)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).
lutikizumab
Characterization of the IHS4 Response to Lutikizumab Treatment in Biologic-Naïve Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS)
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)At Week 16, patients receiving lutikizumab showed improvement in percent change from baseline in AN count (-70.8%) and draining tunnels (-84.8%).
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
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)Percentage change in PASI from baseline was -96.6% and -98.6% with SHR-1139 100 and 300 mg (vs 0 with placebo).
Trends at AAD 2026
Small molecules were the most frequent modality (61% of drug-linked abstracts). JAK1 was the most frequent target (12%). Atopic dermatitis (AD) was the most frequent disease (19%).
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
- JAK17112%
- IL4R509%
- IL13RA1498%
- IL-17A376%
- RARG326%
- JAK2264%
- IL23A254%
- IL23R254%
- RXRA244%
- TNFA183%
Top modalities
- Small molecules35461%
- Monoclonal antibodies16629%
- Bispecific antibodies417%
- Carbohydrate, lipid and polymer therapeutics285%
- Natural-product mixtures and botanicals264%
- Peptides193%
- Non-antibody therapeutic proteins142%
- Vaccines132%
Top diseases
- Atopic dermatitis (AD)10919%
- Psoriasis519%
- Plaque psoriasis478%
- Acne vulgaris417%
- Alopecia areata397%
- Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)376%
- Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)234%
- Vitiligo183%
- Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)153%
- Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU)153%
Most active companies
- Pfizer5710%
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals509%
- AbbVie387%
- Johnson & Johnson285%
- Novartis285%
- Eli Lilly224%
- Roche173%
- Incyte163%
- UCB153%
- Merck142%
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