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Tag: Benlysta

New Study Shows Benlysta Alters B Cells in People with Lupus

August 21, 2019 Newly published research found that belimumab (Benlysta®) effectively reduced the number of B cells, a type of white blood cell that makes antibodies.  According to the prescribing information, belimumab is “a B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS)-specific inhibitor indicated for the treatment of patients aged 5 years and older with active, autoantibody positive, systemic lupus […] Read More

Study Shows Need for Greater Awareness of Biologics for Lupus

August 19, 2019 A new study led by Dr. S. Sam Lim of Emory University found a need for more awareness of biologic therapies among both black and white people with lupus.  Biologics are medicines that come from living cells to prevent, treat and cure human diseases, and are designed to have specific effects on […] Read More

Benlysta Approved for Children 5-Years and Up

April 26, 2019 We are very pleased to share news from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that intravenous Benlysta (belimumab) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat children with lupus who are five years old or above. The approval was based on data from the ‘PLUTO’ study testing over one year the effectiveness and […] Read More

New Guidelines for Lupus Treatment From EULAR

April 10, 2019 New recommendations for treating systemic lupus erythematosus were just issued by EULAR – the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases . A group of researchers from 29 medical centers across Europe reviewed all the current literature on lupus treatment to formulate questions, elicit expert opinions […] Read More