Benlysta Was Approved And Hope Was Born - A Lupus Patient's Perspective

Benlysta Was Approved And Hope Was Born – A Lupus Patient’s Perspective

March 9, 2011 – I will remember this day, Benlysta was approved and hope was born. I will never forget the day I was diagnosed with Lupus. That was 18 years ago, and I am now 33. For those of you doing the math, that means I have had Lupus over half my life. Right now Lupus is incurable, so I exp

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Historic and Hopeful Day for Patients living with Lupus - FDA Advisory Committee’s Recommendation to Approve Benlysta for Lupus

Historic and Hopeful Day for Patients living with Lupus – FDA Advisory Committee’s Recommendation to Approve Benlysta for Lupus

The U.S. FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee voted 13 to 2 to recommend approvalof the treatment developed by Human Genome Sciences (HGS) and GlaxoSmithKline Tuesday, November 16, 2010 The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) and its National Coalition of state and local lupus organizations are pleased wit

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Hold Hearing on BENLYSTA® on November 16th

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Hold Hearing on BENLYSTA® on November 16th

On November 16, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a hearing to discuss the application to approve BENLYSTA® (belimumab) as a treatment to reduce disease activity in adults with active, autoantibody-positive lupus. If approved, BENLYSTA® will be the first drug to be specif

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