
Foresite's immunology play gets a $200M megaround for TYK2 program, rebranding as Alumis
A Foresite-incubated biotech that debuted just eight months ago closed a new mega financing round on Thursday, and with it comes a company rebranding.
Esker Therapeutics will now call itself Alumis following the completion of a $200 million Series B, the biotech announced Thursday. The funds are expected to go toward Alumis’ pipeline, including its lead program ESK-001, a TYK2 inhibitor targeting the pan-JAK pathway that the company has touted as potentially safer than current JAK inhibitors.
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