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May 8, 2020May 8, 2020

Lupus Awareness Month Marked by Local, Online and Worldwide Activities

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Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, ample online ways exist to mark Lupus Awareness Month, observed each May to call attention to lupus and raise funds for research and education. The ... Read more

April 27, 2020April 28, 2020

Surge in Telemedicine One ‘Good’ Outcome from COVID-19 Crisis, Doctors Say

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While there are few silver linings to the cloud created by COVID-19, the pandemic that has killed tens of thousands, hobbled economies worldwide and drove millions to quarantine in ... Read more

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020

Study of Hydroxychloroquine vs. COVID-19 Planned for SLE Patients

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Lupus Therapeutics, an affiliate of the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA), announced that it is working to design and run a clinical trial into whether hydroxychloroquine and other therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) ... Read more

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

RC18 Receives FDA’s Fast Track Designation for Treating SLE

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to RemeGen‘s RC18 (telitacicept) to treat people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A therapy candidate is put on the FDA’s fast ... Read more

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020

RemeGen Raises $100M to Advance Potential Lupus Treatment, RC18

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RemeGen has received $100 million in private financing to continue advancing RC18 (telitacicept), its lead treatment candidate for autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) now in a pivotal clinical ... Read more

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

Phase 3 Results Suggest Low-Dose Prednisone Lowers Flare Risk in SLE Patients in Remission

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People with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who have been in remission for at least a year and take low-dose prednisone as maintenance therapy have less risk of a disease ... Read more

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020

Voclosporin Helps Protect Kidneys in Lupus Nephritis, Phase 3 Trial Shows

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Adding the experimental oral therapy voclosporin to standard treatment is safe, and its use more than doubles complete kidney responses in people with lupus nephritis, results from the Phase 3 ... Read more

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020

LFA Working To Ensure Supply of Lupus Medications for Patients Amid COVID-19

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching an international clinical trial to study the use of lupus treatments hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine as potential therapies for pneumonia caused by the ... Read more

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020

GluN2A Protein Subunit in Nerve Cells May Be Treatment Target in SLE, Mouse Study Suggests

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A specific protein subunit — called GluN2A — found in a critical nerve cell receptor is the target of autoantibodies that cause neuron loss and cognitive difficulties in a ... Read more

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

Voclosporin for Lupus Nephritis Under ‘Rolling’ Review by FDA

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Aurinia Pharmaceuticals announced the start of a rolling submission of its application requesting that voclosporin be approved in the U.S. to treat people with lupus nephritis. In a rolling submission, completed portions ... Read more

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Lupus Awareness Month Marked by Local, Online and Worldwide Activities

Surge in Telemedicine One ‘Good’ Outcome from COVID-19 Crisis, Doctors Say

Study of Hydroxychloroquine vs. COVID-19 Planned for SLE Patients

RC18 Receives FDA’s Fast Track Designation for Treating SLE

RemeGen Raises $100M to Advance Potential Lupus Treatment, RC18

Phase 3 Results Suggest Low-Dose Prednisone Lowers Flare Risk in SLE Patients in Remission

Voclosporin Helps Protect Kidneys in Lupus Nephritis, Phase 3 Trial Shows

LFA Working To Ensure Supply of Lupus Medications for Patients Amid COVID-19

GluN2A Protein Subunit in Nerve Cells May Be Treatment Target in SLE, Mouse Study Suggests

Voclosporin for Lupus Nephritis Under ‘Rolling’ Review by FDA

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