Lupus Nephritis May Be As Straightforward As Lupus R&D Gets

Some drug makers are tackling lupus R&D by focusing on a specific subset of the disease, lupus nephritis, where diagnosis is more clear cut and the clinical endpoints are more straightforward.

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Targeting lupus nephritis could be a more straightforward path to market for new lupus drugs – or at least that is what some drug makers are hoping. Lupus nephritis effects a smaller subset of patients than the more common systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and it could have some advantages when it comes to drug development: diagnosis is done by a test, the clinical endpoints are well defined, the condition can be life-threatening, and there are no approved treatments.

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