Human Genome Sciences, Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline received approval from the FDA for Benlysta (belimumab) for the treatment of autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in patients receiving standard therapy. Benlysta is the first in a new class of drugs called BLyS-specific inhibitors. Belimumab blocks the binding of soluble BLyS, a B-cell survival factor, to its receptors on B cells. “We and GSK are honored to have the opportunity, with the approval of FDA, to bring Benlysta f...