Lupus (Industry News)
Blood Test Identifies Patients Whose Antibodies Bind Well to Lupus Drug Candidate
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 22nd, 2000
The new blood test measures the strength of the binding between the company's lupus drug candidate, LJP 394, and a patient's antibodies to double-stranded DNA.
In December 1999, the company reported that more than 80% of patients evaluated to date who were enrolled in the trial tested positive by this blood assay. In the Phase II/III clinical trial, for patients tested to date with high-affinity antibodies for LJP 394, 30%, or six out of 20 flares occurred in the drug...
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