Gilead’s potential investment will let it assess the therapeutic potential of targeting STAT6, a transcription factor involved in IL-4 and IL-13 signaling, which in turn are known inflammatory targets.

Gilead Sciences said on Saturday that it entered into a partnership with Denmark's LEO Pharma to develop programs to treat patients with inflammatory diseases.

Gilead Sciences continues its divergence out of its original infectious disease beginnings and into cancer and now, more deeply than before, into inflammation, penning a major $1.7 billion deal wit | Gilead continues its divergence out of its original infectious disease beginnings and into cancer and now,

Gilead Sciences Inc. and LEO Pharma have partnered 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.

Gilead Sciences and Danish dermatology specialist LEO Pharma announced a strategic partnership, marking another move outside its traditional infectious disease area for the US antiviral giant.