Overcoming Barriers to Drug Development in Lupus : Final Report
September 2009
Lupus Foundation of America
Lewin contact: Clifford Goodman
The Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. commissioned The Lewin Group to prepare a report focusing on the multi-dimensional challenges related to the development and approval of new therapies to treat lupus and to develop recommendations for a path forward to address the unmet needs of individuals with lupus. The process for developing this report comprised two parts. The first was conducting a series of interviews with lupus experts across the country to identify the main current barriers to lupus drug development and approval. The second was to
convene and facilitate an expert panel to elicit a broad range of informed opinions on obstacles to lupus drug development and approval and possible approaches for overcoming them.