New drug approved for treating most common type of lupus

Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

A new drug -- Benlysta (belimumab) -- has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Benlysta, which treats the most common type of lupus, is the first in a new class of pharmaceuticals that prevents the body from attacking its own critical tissues.

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