<code id='6B57A382FF'></code><style id='6B57A382FF'></style>
    • <acronym id='6B57A382FF'></acronym>
      <center id='6B57A382FF'><center id='6B57A382FF'><tfoot id='6B57A382FF'></tfoot></center><abbr id='6B57A382FF'><dir id='6B57A382FF'><tfoot id='6B57A382FF'></tfoot><noframes id='6B57A382FF'>

    • <optgroup id='6B57A382FF'><strike id='6B57A382FF'><sup id='6B57A382FF'></sup></strike><code id='6B57A382FF'></code></optgroup>
        1. <b id='6B57A382FF'><label id='6B57A382FF'><select id='6B57A382FF'><dt id='6B57A382FF'><span id='6B57A382FF'></span></dt></select></label></b><u id='6B57A382FF'></u>
          <i id='6B57A382FF'><strike id='6B57A382FF'><tt id='6B57A382FF'><pre id='6B57A382FF'></pre></tt></strike></i>

          Home / comprehensive / knowledge

          knowledge


          knowledge

          author:explore    Page View:8
          close-up of psoriasis on a hand. -- biotech coverage from STAT
          A close-up of psoriasis on a hand. Adobe

          San Francisco startup Alumis Inc. has raised $259 million in a bid to best big pharma’s work in plaque psoriasis.

          Alumis announced its Series C round Wednesday and plans to move its lead drug into Phase 3 trials. Venture firm Foresite Capital, which incubated Alumis, co-led the financing with Samsara BioCapital and venBio Partners.

          advertisement

          Alumis’ lead drug, ESK-001, is an oral medicine designed to help patients with the most common type of psoriasis by inhibiting a signaling protein called TYK2. Research has shown that the TYK2 protein plays a role in diseases where the immune system overreacts, which has made it a popular drug target in recent years.

          Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

          Subscribe Log In