Privately held EVOQ Therapeutics is using a new collaboration in autoimmune disease with Gilead Sciences, Inc., along with a similar partnership inked with Amgen, Inc., to get its NanoDisc delivery technology off the ground. During a 3 January interview to discuss the Gilead tie-up, CEO William Brinkerhoff said EVOQ saw substantial early potential for its platform in cancer but will now be looking at rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
EVOQ Partners With Gilead On NanoDisc Approach To RA, Lupus
Michigan biotech follows 2021 collaboration in autoimmune disease with Amgen with its second tie-up, teaming up with Gilead in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.

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