LLNL biomedical licensee collaborating with two drug companies to advance treatments for autoimmune diseases

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LLNL biologist Nicholas Fischer is analyzing the size of the nanolipoprotein particles (NLPs) by dynamic light scattering in preparation for their use in vaccine applications. Fischer and two former LLNL researchers are key developers of the NLP technology. Photo by Blaise Douros

In late 2017, LLNL licensed a biomedical technology called nanolipoprotein particles (NLPs), which can deliver vaccines and drugs inside the cells in the human body, to Ann Arbor, Michigan-based EVOQ Therapeutics. EVOQ Therapeutics has announced two major agreements with Gilead Sciences Inc. and Amgen Inc. to work on the preclinical development of novel medicines to combat autoimmune diseases.