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Developing therapies that work by degrading disease-causing proteins has shown promise, but first-generation approaches have been limited to targeting intracellular proteins and can’t reach membrane and extracellular proteins that represent about 40 percent of the proteome. EpiBiologics is working to expand protein degradation therapies to include membrane and extracellular targets with the goal of eliminating disease-causing proteins that were previously not addressable by traditional therapeutic approaches. We spoke to Rami Hannoush co-founder and interim CEO and president of EpiBiologics, about the company’s platform technology, how its protein degradation approach expands the potential targets for its therapies; and how its built an atlas of tissue-specific degrader antibodies to target proteins involved in cancer, immunologic-, and neurologic-related conditions.