Anifrolumab was all-but written off in 2018 after failing the phase 3 TULIP-1 trial, but bounced back with positive data from a second study – TULIP-2 – that has proved sufficient for the FDA ...

After being all-but written off a year ago, AstraZeneca’s anifrolumab has been reborn with new data that suggest it could help to end a drought in treatments for autoimmune disease systemic ...

In a new study, the drug, deucravacitinib, proved to be a safe and more effective treatment for cutaneous lupus erythematosus disease (CLE, lupus skin disease) than two other commonly used therapies, ...

Opens in a new tab or window The antiviral drug valaciclovir (Valtrex), given prophylactically, kept patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) under treatment with anifrolumab (Saphnelo ...

The use of valaciclovir as prophylaxis prevents herpes zoster (HZ) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) receiving anifrolumab treatment, with no cases of zoster reported during the ...