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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease. The disease has a highly variable course and prognosis. The term lupus has been used to identify a number of chronic, autoimmune diseases that can damage any part of the body (such as skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). Common symptoms in...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive life-threatening lung disease which leads to airflow limitation and interferes with normal breathing. According to World Health Organization, approximately 64 million people are affected by COPD worldwide. World Health Organization estimates Chronic Obstr...

For Inflectra launch, Pfizer uses 'hybrid model' to home in on HCPs Pfizer hit the market with Inflectra, a biosimilar of Johnson & Johnson's Remicade. And with the launch came not only the beginning of a new class of copycats, but a new way to go to market. Each biosimilar, even versions of the same biologic—wh...

Sjögren's syndrome was named on Henrik Sjögren who described this indication in 1933, and is a chronic autoimmune disease in which body’s own immune system and white blood cells attack moisture producing glands such as tear and salivary glands, leading to dry mouth and eyes. There are certain other symptoms involved...

7 million people are living with HIV, 40% don’t know their status New HIV infections among children have declined by 50% since 2010. The incidence of HIV/AIDS is increasing among young gay men. UNAIDS released a report showing 18.2 million people are now on antiretroviral therapy. However, it found women ag...

Novartis Buys Blood Disease Drug Maker for $665mn Novartis has acquired Selexys Pharmaceuticals, a drug maker specializing in development of therapeutics in certain hematologic and inflammatory disorders. Novartis exercised its right to acquire Selexys following receipt of results of the SUSTAIN study, a Phase II tr...