Can a promising new way of treating common immune diseases like psoriasis also work for disorders of the brain and nervous system?
Biohaven, a biotechnology company rebooted after a 2022 sale to Pfizer, aims to find out, announcing Wednesday a deal to license a so-called TYK2 inhibitor from Chinese drugmaker Hangzhou Highlightll Pharmaceutical.
As their moniker implies, TYK2 inhibitors block a protein of the same name that’s proven to be an important node in inflammatory signaling between cells.