Fast on Glax­o­SmithK­line's heels, Au­rinia wins OK to steer a sec­ond lu­pus nephri­tis drug straight to the mar­ket

Glax­o­SmithK­line’s Benlysta isn’t alone in the small cir­cle of ap­proved lu­pus nephri­tis drugs any­more.

Lit­tle Au­rinia Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals has got­ten the green light from the FDA to start mar­ket­ing its first and on­ly pro­gram, vo­closporin, un­der the brand name Lup­ky­nis — some­thing CEO Pe­ter Green­leaf says it’s been ready to do since De­cem­ber.

Reg­u­la­tors went right down to the wire on the de­ci­sion, keep­ing the com­pa­ny and the en­tire sales­force it’s al­ready as­sem­bled on its toes.

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