Lupus Innovation Award (LIA)
The Lupus Innovation Award ($300,000 for 2 years) provides early-stage support for highly innovative approaches to major challenges in lupus research. If you are a researcher and would like to learn more about our funded research please click here.
Lupus Research Alliance Grants Lupus Innovation Awards to Advance Ground-Breaking Lupus Research
New York, NY, March 23, 2023. The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) today announced the recipients of the newest Lupus Innovation Award (LIA) grants. Collectively, the seven projects led by research teams from the U.S. and Europe explore multiple components of lupus, focusing on its causes and the development of more personalized approaches to lupus treatments. […]
Lupus Therapeutics Partners to Evaluate Potential Treatment for SLE and Lupus Nephritis Through North American Trial Network
NEW YORK, N.Y. — June 2. Lupus Therapeutics announced the start of a collaboration to conduct three Phase 3 clinical trials testing an investigational therapeutic ianalumab for systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis. Lupus Therapeutics, the clinical research affiliate of the Lupus Research Alliance, will help Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis) conduct the trials through the […]
Lupus Research Alliance Announces Four New Recipients of the Lupus Mechanisms and Targets Award
Winning projects will explore new potential treatment approaches to prevent lupus from developing or prevent or slow disease progression. New York, NY, April 20. The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) today announced the newest Lupus Mechanisms and Targets Award grant recipients. The winning four projects collectively test potential treatment approaches to prevent lupus from developing or […]
Lupus Mechanisms and Targets Award (LMTA)
The Lupus Mechanisms and Targets Award ($600,000 for 3 years) supports research focused on the identification and/or investigation of molecular pathways or targets that could lead to new or improved therapies for people with lupus. If you are a researcher and would like to learn more about our funded research please click here.
Good News on Lupus Nephritis Discoveries from ACR Convergence 2020
November 19, 2020 The LRA is proud to share the extraordinary work presented at ACR Convergence 2020 by research members of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) program (AMP RA/SLE). AMP is a public-private partnership between the National Institutes of Health (NIH), eight biopharmaceutical companies, the LRA and several […]
Lupus Nephritis: A Major Focus at the Lupus Research Alliance
Updated March, 2022 Developing safe and effective treatments for lupus nephritis has been an urgent and long-standing goal in the lupus community. As the leading private funding agency for lupus research, the LRA and its legacy organizations have dedicated significant focus and resources towards addressing this continued challenge, awarding over 40 grants to address this […]
LRA Highlights Full Continuum of Lupus Research at ACR Convergence 2020
30+ presentations of studies funded by the Lupus Research Alliance on a variety of immune pathways Results from three clinical studies conducted in part by LRA-affiliate Lupus Therapeutics (LT) through its trials network 10 lupus presentations by the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) program (AMP RA/SLE) NEW YORK, NY, […]
Pharmaceutical and Biotech Support of the Lupus Research Alliance – 2019
Pharmaceutical and Biotech Support of the Lupus Research Alliance – 2019 The Lupus Research Alliance’s vision is a world free of lupus – by finding ways to prevent, treat and one day cure this disease. We work diligently to forge appropriate relationships with members of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries that share our vision and […]
Lupus Research Alliance Hails Approval of Aurinia’s Lupkynis(TM) (voclosoporin)
First Oral Treatment for Lupus Nephritis; Second Lupus Treatment to Receive FDA Approval in Past Month NEW YORK, NY. January 22, 2021. The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is excited to share that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals’ LupkynisTM (voclosporin) as the first oral treatment developed specifically for […]