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La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company. The B Cell Company. Lupus Stroke MI DVT Xenotransplantation Myasthenia Gravis Rh Hemolytic Disease. Disease-causing antibodies. B cells. Rheumatoid Arthritis Diabetes Multiple Sclerosis Scleroderma. T cells. Two types of autoimmune diseases.
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La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company The B Cell Company
Lupus Stroke MI DVT Xenotransplantation Myasthenia Gravis Rh Hemolytic Disease Disease-causing antibodies B cells Rheumatoid Arthritis Diabetes Multiple Sclerosis Scleroderma T cells Two types of autoimmune diseases
Stroke Heart attackDeep vein thrombosis 500,000 Lupus1,000,000 Xenotransplantation200,000+ Rh HemolyticDisease40,000 Myasthenia Gravis40,000 Market opportunity $4 billion
LJP 394 - Lupus LJP 920 - Xenotransplantation LJP 993 - Thrombosis Product pipeline
Lupus Antibody-mediated thrombosis Xenotransplantation Contract manufacturing
Current therapy problems Click Photo to play video • Steroids • Diabetes, hypertension, cataracts, osteoporosis and psychosis • Lead to severe infections • Chemotherapy • Weight loss, nausea and sterility • Increased risk of malignancies • Lead to severe infections Daniel J. Wallace, M.D.Cedars-Sinai UCLA
Antibody level Flares Steroids Antibodylevels Antibody level 10% Flares Steroids Time Reducing antibody rises prevents flares Treatment in response to: Patients with flares: 80% Disease H. Bootsma et al. The Lancet Feb. 1995
Clinical trial sites Columbia Emory Harvard Johns Hopkins Stanford UCLA University of Chicago
Xenotransplantation - acute & chronic rejection AnimalOrgan
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