as nasdaq anth industry pharmaceuticals founded 2004 headquarters hayward california u.s. key people paul f. truex president and ceo website anthera.com anthera pharmaceuticals inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat serious diseases associated with inflammation and autoimmune diseases . a 623 blisibimod is anthera s leading drug candidate which is being developed for treatment of both systemic lupus erythematosus and iga nephropathy . 1 2 contents 1 product pipeline 1.1 blisibimod 1.2 sollpura 2 references 3 external links product pipeline edit blisibimod edit blisibimod is a selective peptibody antagonist of b cell activating factor baff . baff is critical to the development maintenance and survival of b cells but is known to be up regulated in autoimmune diseases . 3 4 5 it is primarily expressed by macrophages monocytes and dendritic cells . 6 blisibimod binds to baff and inhibits the interaction of baff with its receptors . 7 blisibimod is currently being evaluated in clinical trials in lupus 1 and 2 and iga nephropathy 3 . sollpura edit july 2014 anthera acquired sollpura liprotamase from eli lilly and company . 8 sollpura is an investigational pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy pert that uses three biotechnology derived digestive enzymes intended to treat patients with endocrine pancreatic insufficiency as a result of cystic fibrosis and other diseases . 9 references edit overview . anthera pharmaceuticals inc. retrieved august 11 2014 . management team . anthera pharmaceuticals inc. anthera pharmaceuticals inc. retrieved august 11 2014 . groom j ; 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khare sd ; lee f ; miner k ; hu yl ; stolina m ; hawkins n ; chen q ; ho sy ; min h ; xiong f ; boone t ; zack dj . a novel modality of baff specific inhibitor amg623 peptibody reduces b cell number and improves outcomes in murine models of autoimmune disease . clin exp rheumatol . clinical and experimentla rheumatology . 30 2 197 201 . pmid 22325420 . retrieved august 11 2014 . anthera pharmaceuticals announces acquisition of sollpura liprotamase for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency from eli lilly and company . anthera pharmaceuticals inc. anthera pharmaceuticals . retrieved august 11 2014 . anthera pharmaceuticals announces acquisition of sollpura liprotamase for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency from eli lilly and company . anthera pharmaceuticals inc. anthera pharmaceuticals . retrieved august 11 2014 . external links edit california portal companies portal official website 4 5 v t e pharmaceutical companies of the united states abbott laboratories acorda therapeutics actavis aderis pharmaceuticals adolor corporation alcon alexion pharmaceuticals alkermes allergan alza amgen amylin pharmaceuticals ariad pharmaceuticals aryx therapeutics avax technologies baxter international biocryst pharmaceuticals biogen biolex biovest biovista bradley pharmaceuticals bristol myers squibb cancervax century pharmaceuticals cephalon ceragenix pharmaceuticals combe incorporated cortex pharmaceuticals cotherix covance covidien cubist pharmaceuticals cutter laboratories cytosport cytrx danco laboratories dnaprint genomics epix pharmaceuticals eli lilly and company elorac endo pharmaceuticals ethicon endo surgery ethicon inc. forest laboratories galena biopharma genvec genentech genta gilead sciences hospira imclone systems institute for oneworld health intercept pharmaceuticals ista pharmaceuticals ivax corporation janssen biotech johnson & johnson kinetic concepts king pharmaceuticals kinray kv pharmaceutical leiner health products mallinckrodt martek biosciences corporation s. e. massengill company mckesson corporation mcneil laboratories melior discovery mentholatum merck & co. miles laboratories mylan myriad genetics naurex nereus pharmaceuticals northwest biotherapeutics norwich pharma services novabay pharmaceuticals nuvelo organon international ortho pharmaceutical ortho mcneil pharmaceutical osi pharmaceuticals ovation pharmaceuticals par pharmaceutical parke davis perrigo pfizer pharmaceutical product development prasco laboratories procter & gamble proteon therapeutics purdue pharma qualitest quark pharmaceuticals regeneron repros therapeutics rib x pharmaceuticals sarepta therapeutics savage laboratories schering plough g. d. searle & company sheffield pharmaceuticals smith kline & french spectrum pharmaceuticals sterling drug tanox tap pharmaceutical products tec laboratories teva pharmaceutical industries tiens biotech group titan pharmaceuticals trevena inc trubion upjohn upsher smith laboratories valeant pharmaceuticals ventria bioscience vertex pharmaceuticals verus pharmaceuticals vion pharmaceuticals inc. viropharma west pharmaceutical services wyeth zonite products corporation list of pharmaceutical companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title anthera pharmaceuticals & oldid 673498087 categories pharmaceutical companies of the united statescompanies based in hayward californiatechnology companies based in the san francisco bay area navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 july 2015 at 17 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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