Evommune in-licenses assets from Lilly's Dermira

8 January 2021

Privately-held inflammation specialist Evommune has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) subsidiary Dermira to develop and commercialize three development programs.

These investigational compounds include IRAK4/TrkA, a small molecule that broadly inhibits innate inflammation, RORγt, a small molecule addressing Th17 mediated inflammation and MRGPRX2, a small molecule to treat chronic pruritus.

"Our leadership team was pivotal in the original development of these compounds at Dermira"

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