November 10, 2022 As you probably know, the LRA and our advocates were highly instrumental in creating the Department of Defense Lupus Research Program in 2017 and in increasing its budget over the years since. We are working to increase LRP funding even more to $15 million – and this is the time to make […] READ MORE
November 2, 2022 Last Sunday brought major fundraising support to the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) during Lupus Awareness Day at the New York Jets game against rival New England Patriots. WATCH this pregame interview on SNY with Jets Chairman and LRA Founding Chairman Robert Wood “Woody” Johnson IV talking about how far lupus research has come […] READ MORE
October 26, 2022 The New York Jets and Lupus Research Alliance will host Lupus Awareness Day on October 30, 2022, at MetLife Stadium when the Jets take on the New England Patriots. This event is designed to increase awareness of the devastating autoimmune disease and help raise funds supporting lupus research for new treatments and […] READ MORE
October 18, 2022 Ten years ago, Megan Rosa struggled to walk because of her lupus – now she’s training for the race of a lifetime – the 26.2 mile NYC TCS Marathon! How and why she is running to fundraise for the Lupus Research Alliance is one of the most inspiring stories we’ve heard from […] READ MORE
September 21, 2022 Lupkynis® (voclosporin) was just granted marketing authorization in the European Union as a new treatment for adults with lupus nephritis, the kidney damage associated with lupus. The drug had also been approved this past January in the U.S. to treat adults with lupus nephritis in combination with a background immunosuppressive medication in […] READ MORE
September 21, 2022 Results of a small study published in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine, suggest that a type of immune cell therapy called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy could become a highly effective therapy for SLE patients who do not respond to current lupus treatments. CD19 CAR T cells are T cells that […] READ MORE
September 7, 2022 The New York Jets 2022 football season kicked off last week with a spectacular luncheon that raised $740,000 for the Lupus Research Alliance and the New York Jets Foundation. The event also honored our former President and CEO Kenneth Farber for his years of commitment and progress in lupus research. Continuing as […] READ MORE
August 31, 2022 We are excited to share good news – our Lupus Clinical Investigators Network, LuCIN, managed by LRA’s affiliate Lupus Therapeutics, will be working on a new research project to increase diverse representation of patients in lupus trials to be funded with a $500,000 National Institutes of Health Innovation Award from the Food […] READ MORE
September 1, 2022 September 5 is designated by the United Nations as the International Day of Charity – created to mobilize people “to help others through volunteer and philanthropic activities.” Our mission at the Lupus Research Alliance is to transform the lives of people with lupus through the power of science, and this is an […] READ MORE
August 29, 2022 Big thanks go to the Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc. (LADA) for their donation of $150,000 to support research funded by the Lupus Research Alliance given at their 22nd Annual Lupus Charity Golf Classic at Shenendoah Golf Course at Turning Stone in upstate New York. LADA President & CEO Kathleen A. […] READ MORE
NEW YORK, NY – August 24, 2022 – The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) today announced its Global Team Science Award (GTSA) has been granted to three international research teams from 14 institutions across four continents comprised of leading experts spanning in immunology, rheumatology, neurosciences, biomedical engineering, genomics and genetics, and public health. With $3 million […] READ MORE
August, 2022 We are pleased to share positive results from the two-part Phase 2 LILAC study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that the investigational therapy litifilimab (BIIB059) lessened skin disease activity in cutaneous lupus erythematosus. There is a great unmet need for people with cutaneous lupus, a type of lupus with few treatment […] READ MORE
