Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation (Medicis) is an independent specialty pharmaceutical company focused primarily on helping patients attain a healthy and youthful appearance and self-image through the development and marketing in the United States of products for the treatment of dermatological, aesthetic and podiatric conditions. It also markets products in Canada for the treatment of dermatological and aesthetic conditions. It offers a range of products addressing various conditions or aesthetic improvements, including facial wrinkles, acne, fungal infections, rosacea, hyperpigmentation, photoaging, psoriasis, skin and skin-structure infections, seborrheic dermatitis and cosmesis. It offers 18 branded products, including PERLANE (hyaluronic acid), RESTYLANE (hyaluronic acid), SOLODYN (minocycline HCl, USP), TRIAZ (benzoyl peroxide), VANOS (fluocinonide) Cream 0.1%, and ZIANA (clindamycin phosphate 1.2% and tretinoin 0.025%) Gel. On July 1, 2008, the Company acquired LipoSonix, Inc.