Aurinia Pharmaceuticals’ voclosporin showed considerable success in a clinical trial of lupus nephritis, according to recent data released by…
Magdalena Kegel
Magdalena is a writer with a passion for bridging the gap between the people performing research, and those who want or need to understand it. She writes about medical science and drug discovery. She holds an MS in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and a PhD — spanning the fields of psychiatry, immunology, and neuropharmacology — from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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Articles by Magdalena Kegel
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) reported positive data from a trial of Benlysta (belimumab) for systemic lupus erythematosus in Northeast Asia that…
Merck recently reported positive results from its Phase 2b study of the experimental drug atacicept as a treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus, with…
A drug that blocks a DNA-cutting enzyme, called irinotecan, should be considered as a treatment option for people with systemic…
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals will take its drug candidate voclosporin into a possibly pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of its efficacy in treating…
Selexis recently signed an agreement that grants ImmuNext access to the company’s cell lines in order to advance an antibody being developed to…
Metabolic profiles may be used to identify patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, and, more importantly, to distinguish between lupus patients…
Large-scale analysis of genome-wide gene expression signatures allows researchers to discriminate between patients with active and inactive systemic lupus erythematosus…
Researchers at the biotechnology company Shade have developed a sensor, going under the same name, that allows people with systemic lupus erythematosus to…
Leptin, a hormone produced by fat cells in the body, was seen to actively promote systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in mouse models…