Aurinia Launches Its First Drug With Lupkynis Approval For Lupus Nephritis

 
• By Jessica Merrill
  
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The calcineurin inhibitor, only the second drug to be approved by the US FDA for lupus nephritis, will be competing against GlaxoSmithKline’s Benlysta.

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Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. is going it alone on the US launch of Lupkynis (voclosporin) for lupus nephritis, marking the company's transition to a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company. But the small single-asset drug company will be going up against a much more experienced and deep-pocketed rival in the form of GlaxoSmithKline plc, which also recently received a LN indication for Benlysta.

Lupkynis, a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI), was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration on 22 January for the treatment...

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