William Brinkerhoff, EVOQ Therapeutics CEO

Af­ter dis­as­trous Gala­pa­gos deal, Gilead finds new rheuma­toid arthri­tis part­ner

Gilead is look­ing for an­oth­er shot at treat­ing rheuma­toid arthri­tis af­ter its mas­sive Gala­pa­gos deal fell flat in the face of an FDA re­jec­tion and, more re­cent­ly, a with­drawn Phase I of an­oth­er as­set for the in­flam­ma­to­ry dis­ease.

The Cal­i­for­nia bio­phar­ma, com­ing off a strong fin­ish to 2022 with an FDA ap­proval and an im­munother­a­py buy­out, is link­ing arms with a Michi­gan up­start al­ready al­lied with Am­gen on au­toim­mune as­sets.

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