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Lilly partners with Aduro Biotech to develop STING inhibitors for autoimmune diseases

by Ryan Cross
January 7, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 1

 

An image of the crystal structure of human STING, with the agonist ADU-S100.
Credit: Aduro Biotech/Christian Lee/Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
The crystal structure of human STING, with the agonist ADU-S100 from Aduro.

Eli Lilly and Company is partnering with Berkeley, California-based Aduro Biotech to discover small-molecule inhibitors of a protein called STING, which stands for stimulator of interferon genes. The STING pathway is involved in innate immunity. Several drug companies are developing activators of STING in hopes that boosting innate immunity will help the body fight cancer. Lilly wants to inhibit STING to treat autoimmune diseases in which the innate immune system is overactive. Aduro will earn $12 million up front and up to $620 million per developed product.

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