In 2025, IPC advanced the priorities outlined in our strategic plan, strengthening research collaboration, expanding regional education, and progressing focused clinical initiatives that address real-world gaps in psoriasis care. This encompassed ongoing efforts in disease severity reclassification, defining topical failure, examining cardiometabolic impacts on psoriasis, addressing complex clinical scenarios, commencing development of a comprehensive textbook on psoriasis, and delivering continued regional education via our Masterclasses.
Throughout the year, our Board Members, Councilors, and Jr. Councilors led scientific discussions, educational programming, and collaborative initiatives that reflect IPC’s role as a global network of physician experts. From international symposia to clinical guidance efforts, these contributions continue to shape how psoriasis care evolves across regions.
We are grateful to the many individuals and partners who volunteer their time, expertise, and leadership to IPC’s work. Their contributions are reflected throughout the progress summarized in this report.
We invite you to view the Annual Report below to learn more about IPC’s work in 2025.
Thank you for your continued engagement and partnership
Bruce Strober, MD, PhD
President
Christy Langan
Chief Executive Officer
IPC Jr. Councilor Towhida Noor reviews the psoriasis pipeline: selective TYK2 inhibitors, long-acting IL-17 and IL-23 biologics, and IL-36 blockade in GPP.
IPC Board Member and Treasurer Joel Gelfand, MD, MSCE, is the editor of a new textbook, Psoriasis: An Expert Global Perspective, now available for preorder from Elsevier. He worked with associate editors IPC President Bruce Strober, MD, PhD; IPC Vice President/President-Elect Claudia de la Cruz, MD; and IPC Chief Medical Officer Peter van de Kerkhof, MD, PhD. Nearly 50 authors from 20 countries contributed 30 chapters covering psoriasis from its earliest descriptions through genetics, immunology, and current therapies, with clinical images of psoriasis across diverse skin tones. All royalties support IPC.
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In this video, IPC Councilor Rodrigo Garcia Salinas, MD, a rheumatologist from Argentina, explains how to recognize psoriatic arthritis early, including why joint pain, how long a patient has had psoriasis, and family history can matter more than skin severity alone. He also reviews how imaging helps catch early disease and how to choose treatment based on each patient’s joint, spine, and skin involvement.
IPC President Bruce Strober reviews the link between psoriasis and metabolic disease, drawing on findings from IPC’s recent paper in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD). He translates this growing body of evidence into five concrete priorities from the 2025 IPC Think Tank for improving cardiometabolic screening and care.
