Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Lupus Resists Biotech’s Autoimmune Push

Lupus, a nasty and mysterious disease, has proved impervious to yet another drug.
This time it’s Rituxan, co-marketed by Genentech and Biogen Idec and already approved for cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, which is, like lupus, an autoimmune disease. The companies said this morning that Lupus patients in a large trial of the drug fared no better [...]

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