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2026 AAI Oral Presentation: First‑in‑Class Small‑Molecule Pan‑IL‑17 Inhibitor

First Oral Small-molecule Inhibitors Designed by Generative AI Achieve Biologics-Like Pan-Inhibition of IL-17AA, AF, and FF Dimers — reported at AAI and FOCIS 2026.

September 2026Conference

At the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) 2026 Annual Meeting in Boston in April, our team presented orally bioavailable pan-IL-17 small-molecule inhibitors designed by Anew Labs' generative AI platform. These are the first reported molecules to achieve strong engagement on IL-17F/F — a target long regarded as notoriously challenging for small molecules.

Additional data were presented at the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) Annual Meeting in San Francisco in June: the inhibitors achieved exceptional potency against all IL-17A and F dimers and demonstrated robust, biologics-like activity in vivo.

Both talks were invited podium presentations, selected from numerous abstracts after rigorous scientific review by the meeting committees.