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Aurinia Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology & Life SciencesNasdaq: AUPHEdmonton, AB

Edmonton-based biopharmaceutical company focused on therapies for autoimmune diseases, marketing LUPKYNIS (voclosporin) for active lupus nephritis.

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Aurinia Pharmaceuticals describes itself as a biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering therapies to people living with autoimmune diseases with high unmet medical needs. It introduced LUPKYNIS (voclosporin) in January 2021, which its own site calls the first FDA-approved oral therapy for the treatment of adult patients with active lupus nephritis, and is developing aritinercept, a dual BAFF and APRIL inhibitor.

  • Reported FY2025 net product sales of $271.3M, up 25% year over year, on total revenue of $283.1M, up 20%. auriniapharma.com

  • Reported FY2025 net income of $287.2M, against $5.8M in 2024, and year-end cash and investments of $398.0M. auriniapharma.com

  • Guided FY2026 net product sales of $305M to $315M and plans to begin a clinical study in an additional autoimmune disease in the first half of 2026. auriniapharma.com

  • Its FY2025 annual report states 128 full-time equivalent employees as of February 25, 2026, and that it is an Alberta, Canada corporation. sec.gov

Products & Services

Company site: auriniapharma.com

Products Aurinia Pharmaceuticals publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.

LUPKYNIS (voclosporin)

FDA approved

Oral therapy for adult patients with active lupus nephritis; the company states it is the first FDA-approved oral therapy for this indication, introduced January 2021.

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Aritinercept

Phase 1

Dual BAFF and APRIL inhibitor for autoimmune diseases, listed at Phase 1 on the company pipeline.

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People

Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.

Kevin Tang

Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Ryan Cole

Chief Operating Officer

Michael Hearne

Chief Financial Officer

Thomas Wei

Chief Scientific Officer

Technology Focus

Company site: auriniapharma.com

Terms the company uses about its own work.

Autoimmune disease therapeuticsCalcineurin inhibitorsLupus nephritisBAFF and APRIL inhibitionOral small molecule therapy

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