VICTORIA, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:AUPH)(TSX:AUP), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the global immunology market, today announced that is has been selected to present late breaking oral presentations at both the 54th European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association’s (ERA-EDTA) Congress and the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017, on June 3th-6th, 2017, Madrid, Spain and June 14-17, Madrid, Spain, respectively.
“The selection of the 48-week data from our successful AURA-LV Phase 2 study for two late-breaking oral presentations during these key medical meetings underscores the high impact of the results to the broader physician community, said Neil Solomons, M.D., Aurinia’s Chief Medical Officer. “We look forward to sharing our findings and highlighting the importance of developing a potential therapy for active lupus nephritis.”
Below is the schedule for the oral presentations:
54th European Renal Association-European
Dialysis and Transplant Association’s (ERA-EDTA) Congress
Date:
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Time: 11:45 a.m. GMT
Location:
FEMA Feria de Madrid (North Congress Center)
Title:
Steroid-Sparing Efficacy of Voclosporin in Active Lupus Nephritis:
Stable Kidney Function and BP Without Electrolyte Complications at 48
Weeks
Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017
Date:
Friday, June 16, 2017
Poster Presentation Time: 11:20 a.m.
GMT
Location: Hall 7B
Title: 48 Week Complete
Remission of Active Lupus Nephritis With Voclosporin
Editor’s Note: James Tumlin, M.D., study investigator for Aurinia, will be participating in a press briefing at the 54th ERA-EDTA Congress on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. to present the study, “Steroid-Sparing Efficacy of Voclosporin in Active Lupus Nephritis: Stable Kidney Function and BP Without Electrolyte Complications at 48 Weeks”. He will be presenting the study in FEMA Feria de Madrid (North Congress Center), Room N112.
About Aurinia
Aurinia is a clinical stage
biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing
therapies to treat targeted patient populations that are suffering from
serious diseases with a high unmet medical need. The Company is
currently developing voclosporin, an investigational drug, for the
treatment of lupus nephritis (LN), in an inflammation of the kidney
caused by Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and represents a serious
progression of SLE. The Company is headquartered in Victoria, BC and
focuses its development efforts globally.
Visit www.auriniapharma.com for more information.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release
contains forward-looking statements, including statements related to
Aurinia's analysis, assessment, conclusions and impact of the results of
the AURA-LV clinical study, and the efficacy and safety of voclosporin.
It is possible that such results or conclusions may change based on
further analyses of these data. Words such as "plans," "intends," “may,”
"will," "believe," and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based
upon Aurinia’s current expectations. Forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties. Aurinia’s actual results and the timing of
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties,
which include, without limitation, the risk that Aurinia’s analyses,
assessment and conclusions of the results of the AURA-LV clinical study
set forth in this release may change based on further analyses of such
data, and the risk that Aurinia’s clinical studies for voclosporin may
not lead to regulatory approval. These and other risk factors are
discussed under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in Aurinia’s Annual
Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed with
Canadian securities authorities and available at www.sedar.com
and on Form 40-F with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission and
available at www.sec.gov,
each as updated by subsequent filings, including filings on Form 6-K.
Aurinia expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release
publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements
contained herein to reflect any change in Aurinia's expectations with
regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on
which any such statements are based.
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