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Boltz has partnered with Takeda to deploy its biomolecular AI platform across Takeda’s research organization, providing discovery teams access to proprietary foundation models, incl. BoltzMol-1 & BoltzProt-1, to accelerate AI-driven drug discovery
The platform is designed to support in-silico molecular design, enabling structure prediction, affinity estimation, and generative design to enhance AI-driven drug discovery…
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LabGenius has entered into a multi-year research collaboration, option & licensing agreement with LG Chem to identify next-generation multispecific antibodies for difficult-to-treat cancers, leveraging LabGenius’ AI/ML-driven antibody discovery platform, EVA
As per the licensing deal, LabGenius will lead preclinical research, incl. in vitro efficacy studies, after which LG Chem will conduct further preclinical development, incl.…
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Protillion has entered into a multi-target discovery collaboration & license agreement with Merck, integrating Protillion’s Prot-MaP technology with Merck’s global expertise in the discovery of novel therapeutic candidates
As per the deal, Protillion will receive an undisclosed upfront payment & ~$510M in research, development, & commercial milestone payments for the successful development of multiple…
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XtalPi has entered into a strategic partnership with a biopharmaceutical company to develop an oral small molecule against G protein-coupled receptor
XtalPi will leverage its structure-based drug design platform, combining quantum physics, generative AI, large-scale automated chemical synthesis orchestrated by a multi-agent system to accelerate Design-Make-Test-Analyze (DMTA) cycles
As per the deal, XtalPi will receive…
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Vara has received CE Class IIb marking under the EU MDR for its tomosynthesis (3D mammography) AI solution, expanding its offerings for breast cancer screening programs across the EU
Vara is validated for national-scale breast cancer screening, with its scale demonstrated through PRAIM, a large prospective screening study published in Nature Medicine in 2025, supporting…
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Pfizer & Chai Discovery have entered into a licensing agreement, allowing Pfizer to integrate Chai’s AI-driven drug discovery platform into its biologics research workflows
As per the deal, Pfizer will integrate Chai’s AI platform into its drug discovery engine, gaining early access to the Chai-3 model & a customized AI model built using Pfizer’s…
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Lundbeck and Cradle entered a partnership to leverage AI-powered protein engineering for the discovery and optimization of biotherapeutics, with an initial focus on 2 antibody programs targeting CNS diseases
Lundbeck will deploy Cradle’s generative AI platform in its first end-to-end AI-guided protein engineering workflow, using iterative feedback from experimental data to discover & optimize…
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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals & Inceptive Nucleics have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelerate the discovery of novel RNAi therapeutics
The collaboration is valued at up to $2B, with $30M upfront, incl. cash & an equity investment in Inceptive. Inceptive will also receive additional preclinical, regulatory, & commercial milestone payments
Collaboration combines Alnylam’s RNAi expertise…
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The US FDA has approved ECoG Assistant, an AI-powered clinician tool designed to support epilepsy management using data from the RNS System, with NeuroPace debuting the tool at ASSFN’26
ECoG Assistant was developed using 124,450 epileptologist-labeled intracranial EEG records & identifies ECoGs of Interest, enabling clinicians to review long-term EEG trends & circadian activity…
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The FDA has granted De Novo classification to Cardiosense's PCWP Analysis Software to noninvasively estimate pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) in adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), incl. those with LVEF ≤40% & NYHA Class II, III & IV symptoms
The Software integrates its CardioTag wearable sensor with AI to…

