Drug-induced lupus is more common in men because they are given these drugs more often; however, not everyone who takes these drugs will develop the disease. Specific criteria for diagnosing ...

The antiviral drug valaciclovir (Valtrex), given prophylactically, kept patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) under treatment with anifrolumab (Saphnelo) from having herpes zoster attacks, ...

Fresh off of a European approval for a subcutaneous version of Saphnelo, AstraZeneca is doubling down on the benefits of the ...

BARCELONA -- A novel antibody-based drug targeting the CD40 ligand helped close to half of patients with treatment-refractory systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) get symptoms under control, according ...

A Roche drug that is one of the company’s top cancer products is expanding to autoimmune disease with a new FDA approval in lupus nephritis. The intravenously infused drug, Gazyva, may now be used to ...

With a $1 million Impact Award from the U.S. Department of Defense, Tianfu Wu, a University of Houston biomedical engineer, is developing a method to send medication directly to the spleen where ...

WASHINGTON — Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications appear beneficial for people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis, two new studies suggest. “The ...

As Kenya joins the world in creating awareness about lupus disease, experts are calling on people with the condition to strictly adhere to medication to prevent organ failure. Dr Fred Otieno, a ...

In the first British trials, three patients in the UK have received a “groundbreaking” lupus treatment that specialists have said may be able to do away with the need for lifetime medication. CAR ...