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Stelara® Effective Over One Year and Reduces Severe Flares

Results of two analyses from a Phase 2 study of Stelara® (ustekinumab) in lupus showed the drug’s effectiveness over one year. Both highlight the benefit of ustekinumab on disease activity and the rate of severe flares. Ustekinumab reduced the rate of severe flares four times as much as placebo by week 24. The rate of […] Read More

LRA Researchers Reveal New Drug Targets at Leading Immunology Conference

May 22, 2019 Data presented by several Lupus Research Alliance-funded scientists at the recent American Association of Immunologists Annual Meeting suggests many  avenues for new lupus treatments. Some scientists presented data posing new targets for drug development, while others have discovered cells that suppress the immune response and could be harnessed as treatments. Reining in […] Read More

Celebrate Clinical Trials Day May 20!

May 20, 2019 It’s Clinical Trials Day when the Lupus Research Alliance recognizes all the people we support who advance clinical research – scientists who identify and develop potential ways to diagnose, monitor and treat lupus,  researchers who design and conduct the studies to test these methods, and the volunteers who take part in the […] Read More

Lupus Therapeutics Partners with Takeda to Test Potential Treatment for Lupus

New York, NY– March 1.  The Lupus Research Alliance and its affiliate, Lupus Therapeutics announced a collaboration with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, to evaluate the investigational biologic TAK-079 as a potential new therapy for lupus in a Phase 1 trial (NCT03724916).  The national study will be conducted in 20 research centers throughout the country, many […] Read More

Bold Initiatives … Tremendous Strides Breaking Through on Lupus Research

In 2018 the Lupus Research Alliance has taken daring chances, pursued bold initiatives, and made tremendous strides! We truly are breaking through on many pioneering fronts of lupus research — thanks to the unwavering generosity of donors at all levels of support. Throughout the year, the brilliant scientists we brought to the table ushered in […] Read More

New York City Walk Kick-off Scored High — Together

Aug. 8, 2017 The New York City Area lupus community came together full force to get the Lupus Research Alliance October 14th Walk with Us to Cure Lupus off to a running start. The fabulous Advancing Lupus Care Through Vital Medical Research event held at iHeart Media headquarters started with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres followed […] Read More

Albert T. Roy, Executive Director Lupus Therapeutics, LLC

I’m writing this blog because the Lupus Research Alliance, and its affiliate, Lupus Therapeutics is determined to drive discovery and development of new treatments for lupus! I am proud to serve as Executive Director of Lupus Therapeutics, which serves as fiscal and administrative agent of the Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (LuCIN), a network of 57 […] Read More