Connective tissue diseases: What does the death of Riquent hold for the future of SLE?

Merrill, Joan T; Buyon, Jill P · Nat Rev Rheumatol · 2009

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Abstract

In clinical trials testing new treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the failure of the 15-year drug development program for riquent (abetimus sodium) is the latest in a string of disappointments for a disease that has seen no new drugs approved in over 50 years.

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