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Astellas Exercises Option to License Dyno’s AAV Capsid for AI-Designed Gene Delivery

Shots: Dyno Therapeutics has reported that Astellas has exercised its option to license an AI-engineered AAV capsid for skeletal muscle delivery, marking the first licensed asset from their 2021 collaboration The capsid, designed using Dyno’s AI models trained on large-scale in vivo data, demonstrates improved muscle targeting at lower doses, addressing key safety & manufacturing…

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Merck Signs ~$838M AI-Driven Antibody Discovery Deal with Infinimmune

Shots: Infinimmune has partnered with Merck to discover & develop antibody candidates against multiple undisclosed targets selected by Merck using Infinimmune’s human-first antibody discovery platform As per the deal, Infinimmune will use its Anthrobody discovery platform & Glimpse antibody language model to discover & optimize antibodies from human immune repertoires, enabling large-scale B-cell screening to…

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Insilico Medicine Expands AI-Driven CNS Collaboration with Tenacia in a ~$94.75M Deal

Shots: Insilico Medicine and Tenacia Biotechnology have expanded their AI-driven R&D collaboration to develop an additional CNS candidate with defined properties, advancing it to the preclinical candidate stage for neurological disorders The initial collaboration, launched in Mar 2025, combined Insilico’s Pharma.AI platform with Tenacia’s CNS expertise to develop BBB-permeable small-molecule inhibitors, with the program progressing…

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PRISM BioLab and Receptor.AI Partner to Develop a Drug Discovery Platform

Shots: PRISM has partnered with Receptor.AI to develop an AI-navigated, physics-guided platform for discovering orally available small molecules targeting intracellular protein–protein interactions (PPIs), membrane proteins & complex receptor systems Collaboration will combine PRISM’s PepMetics Tech, 3D small molecules designed to mimic α-helix & β-turn motifs, with Receptor.AI’s AI-driven molecular design engine to identify hit, lead, &…

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Insilico Medicine and CMS Enter Multiple Collaborations to Advance Therapeutics in CNS and Autoimmune Indications

Shots: Insilico Medicine has entered into multiple AI-powered drug discovery collaborations with CMS, focusing on advancing therapeutic programs across CNS & autoimmune disease indications As per the deal, Insilico will leverage its Pharma.AI platform for target discovery & small-molecule design & optimization, while CMS will lead clinical development, regulatory strategy, trials, & commercialization Under the…

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Iambic Therapeutics Partners with Takeda to Advance AI-Driven Drug Discovery in Oncology and GI/Inflammation

Shots: Iambic has partnered with Takeda in a multi-year tech & discovery collaboration to utilize Iambic’s AI drug discovery models toward advancing select high-priority small molecule programs in Takeda’s Oncology, & GI & Inflammation therapeutic areas The collaboration will leverage Iambic’s AI drug discovery suite & wet lab capabilities, with Takeda also gaining access to…

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Median Technologies Receives the US FDA’s 510(k) Clearance for eyonis LCS for Lung Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

Shots: The US FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to eyonis Lung Cancer Screening (LCS), an AI/ML-powered CADe/CADx software, to detect & diagnose lung cancer eyonis LCS analyzes LDCT imaging to help radiologists detect & characterize pulmonary nodules, enabling earlier diagnosis; in testing it showed 93.3% sensitivity, 92.4% specificity & 99.9% NPV, minimizing false positives &…

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Pierre Fabre Partners with Iktos for AI-Driven Drug Discovery in Oncology

Shots: Pierre Fabre Laboratories has entered into an integrated drug discovery collaboration with Iktos to identify & develop novel small-molecule drug candidates in oncology As per the deal, Iktos will apply its AI-driven generative design platform to rapidly identify optimized small-molecule candidates for an undisclosed oncology target, while Pierre Fabre will contribute oncology & preclinical expertise…

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InduPro Therapeutics Collaborates with Eli Lilly in ~$950M Oncology Therapeutic Discovery Deal

Shots: InduPro has entered into a global strategic collaboration & licensing agreement with Eli Lilly to discover novel oncology treatments using InduPro’s proximity-guided platform Lilly will gain access to InduPro’s AI/ML-enabled MInt platform, with InduPro leading early discovery to identify co-target pairs & advance bispecific & multispecific antibody programs from the collaboration As per the…

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The 2025 Playbook: Industry Trends Shaping the Future of Biopharma 

Shots:  2025 marked a decisive inflection point for the global life sciences and biopharma industry. After several years defined by experimentation, abundant capital, and expansive innovation narratives, the industry entered a phase of disciplined execution.   Strategies were stress-tested, science was closely scrutinized, and only programs with clear biological rationale and operational readiness advanced.  Rather than…

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