LRA Congratulates AstraZeneca on Positive Data on Anifrolumab Presented at Major Medical Meeting
June 3, 2020
The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is encouraged by positive data from two studies presented at the European...
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Aurinia Completes NDA and Requests Priority Review of Voclosoporin by FDA for Lupus Nephritis
May 28, 2020
The Lupus Research Alliance is pleased to share that Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc submitted a New Drug Application...
Lupus and COVID-19: What You Need to Know – LIVE WEBCAST May 21 at 6 PM ET
Since the arrival of the novel coronavirus, lupus and the most prescribed drug used to treat it – hydroxychloroquine...
Remembering Betty Wold Johnson, A Major LRA Friend and Benefactor
May 2020
The entire Board of Trustees and staff of the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) and Lupus Therapeutics (LT) mourn...
Lupus Research Alliance Thanks FDA for Responsiveness Re Letter Citing Plaquenil Shortages
May 7, 2020
The Lupus Research Alliance held an informative call with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response...
Lupus Research Alliance Launches Learn From Lupus Campaign for Lupus Awareness Month
May 1, 2020
In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, one disease has taken center stage as the world found...
Lupus Research Alliance Encouraged by Lilly Looking at Potential Lupus Drug for COVID-19
April 23, 2020
The Lupus Research Alliance is pleased to share that Eli Lilly and Company entered into an agreement...
New LRA-Supported Study Discovers STAT1, a Highly Specific Target for Potential New Therapy
April 23, 2020
A new study supported by the Lupus Research Alliance discovered a way that harmful immune responses in...
New Data Points Away from Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 Treatment
Updated April 23, 2020
The most commonly prescribed treatment for lupus, hydroxychloroquine (best known as Plaquenil) is not effective for...
LRA Proudly Shares First Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Registry
April 20,2020
The Lupus Research Alliance is proud to share that the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance, of which the organization...
Are Autoimmune Diseases Increasing in the US?
April 16, 2020
A recently published study led by Dr. Gregg Dinse provides compelling evidence that proteins found in many...
Research Shows Benefit to Starting Belimumab Sooner Rather Than Later
April 16, 2020
Treating people with lupus earlier with belimumab (Benlysta) may work better than as a last option according...