Gilead and LEO Pharma Enter Into Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Development of Oral STAT6 Program With Potential in Multiple Inflammatory Diseases

FOSTER CITY, Calif. & BALLERUP, Denmark–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and LEO Pharma today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of LEO Pharma’s small molecule oral STAT6 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 6) programs for the potential treatment of patients with inflammatory diseases. STAT6 is the specific transcription factor required for IL-4 and IL-13 cytokine signaling, which are clinically validated tar