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Lupus Foundation of America Statement on Results for Clinical Study of CellCept Released by Aspreva Pharmaceutical Company

Statement by Sandra C. Raymond, President & CEO of the LupusFoundation of America, Inc. WASHINGTON, June 27, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The LupusFoundation of America, Inc. and more than 1.5 million Americanswith lupus have been awaiting the preliminary findings of the PhaseIII clinical trials for CellCept(R), a potential treatment forlupus kidney disease being tested by Aspreva...

Aspreva and Roche Announce Preliminary Results for Phase III Study Evaluating CellCept in Lupus Nephritis

VICTORIA, BC, Canada and BASEL, Switzerland, June 27 /CNW/ -Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: ASPV; TSX: ASV) andRoche today released preliminary results for a clinical trialcomparing CellCept (oral mycophenolate mofetil, MMF) to intravenouscyclophosphamide (IVC), which is the current standard of care, forinducing treatment response in the induction phase of patientssuffering fro...

Human Genome Sciences Reports That a Phase 2 Study of LymphoStat-B Showed Significant Reductions in Disease Activity in Patients with Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

-LymphoStat-B(R) significantly reduced signs and symptoms of SLEdisease at 52 Weeks and demonstrated durable clinical andbiological activity at 76 weeks- ROCKVILLE, Md., June 14, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HumanGenome Sciences, Inc. today announced the presentation of Phase 2trial data demonstrating that LymphoStat-B(R) (belimumab)significantly reduced disease activity across multiple...

Cellerant Therapeutics Reversed Autoimmune Disease in Lupus Mice with Transplant of Purified Donor Blood Stem Cells

SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2007 - CellerantTherapeutics today announced the publication of data suggestingthat established autoimmune disease can be reversed or stabilizedby the transplantation of purified allogeneic (donated)hematopoietic (blood forming) stem cells (HSC) in a mouse study ofSystemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Subjects that underwent thisprocedure exhibited...

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Provides Update on Interim Antibody Results From Riquent Lupus Phase 3 Trial

SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- La JollaPharmaceutical Company today announced updated interim antibodyreduction data for the Phase 3 trial of Riquent(R) (abetimussodium), its drug candidate for systemic lupus erythematosus("lupus" or "SLE"). The updated analyses reinforce the previousconclusion that there is a definitive and significant dose responsebetween the 100 m...

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Announces Positive Interim Antibody Results From Riquent Lupus Phase 3 Trial

Data Support Ability of Higher Doses to Further Reduce Antibodiesto Double-Stranded DNA SAN DIEGO, March 08, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- La JollaPharmaceutical Company today announced positive interim antibodyresults from its ongoing double-blind, placebo-controlledrandomized Phase 3 trial of Riquent(R) (abetimus sodium), its drugcandidate for systemic lupus erythematosus ("lupus" or "...
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