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Nabla Bio Collaborates with Takeda to Advance AI-Driven Protein Therapeutics Design

Shots: Nabla Bio has entered into a multi-year research collaboration with Takeda to advance AI-driven design of protein therapeutics, leveraging Nabla Bio’s Joint Atomic Model (JAM) Nabla Bio will deploy its proprietary JAM platform across Takeda’s early-stage programs to enable de novo antibody design for multiple targets, multi-specifics, challenging targets, & custom therapeutics As per the…
18 hours ago

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Algen Biotechnologies Collaborates with AstraZeneca to Advance Drug Discovery in Immunology

Shots: Algen has entered into a multi-target collaboration with AstraZeneca to accelerate novel immunology target discovery, leveraging the AlgenBrain platform As per the deal, AstraZeneca will receive exclusive rights to develop and commercialize therapies for selected targets identified through the partnership in exchange for ~555M incl. upfront, development, regulatory & commercial milestone payments  AlgenBrain models disease…
October 7, 2025

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Chiesi Group Enters a ~$2.1B Deal with Arbor Biotechnologies to Develop Novel Rare Disease Gene Editing Programs

Shots: Chiesi Group has entered into an exclusive global collaboration & license deal with Arbor for ABO-101 in primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) & a multitarget option to use Arbor’s gene editing platform for developing liver-targeted therapies for rare diseases As per the deal, Chiesi will obtain exclusive rights to develop & commercialize ABO-101 for PH1…
October 7, 2025

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PharmaShots’ Key Highlights of Third Quarter 2025 

Shots:  Q3’25 was marked by major pharma and biotech M&A, led by BD’s $17.5B Reverse Morris Trust deal merging its Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions unit with Waters, and Merck’s ~$10B acquisition of Verona Pharma  The quarter spotlighted collaborations, notably GSK’s ~$12.5B agreement with Hengrui Pharma to co-develop up to 12 novel therapies across multiple disease areas.  PharmaShots brings…
October 1, 2025

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VarmX Inks a ~$2.2B Strategic Collaboration and Option Agreement with CSL for VMX-C001 to Advance Coagulation Treatment

Shots: VarmX has collaborated with CSL to advance its lead asset, VMX-C001 (commercial launch expected in 2029), & granted CSL an exclusive option agreement with its shareholders to acquire all issued & outstanding shares of the company As per the collaboration, CSL will fully fund the global P-III (EquilibriX-S) trial of VMX-C001 in FXa DOAC…
September 16, 2025

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Monte Rosa Therapeutics Enters a ~$5.7B with Novartis to Develop Degraders for Immune-Mediated Diseases

Shots: Monte Rosa has collaborated with Novartis to develop novel degraders for immune-mediated diseases, leveraging Monte Rosa’s QuEEN discovery engine As per the deal, Novartis will gain an exclusive license to an undisclosed discovery target & options to license 2 programs from Monte Rosa’s preclinical immunology portfolio The deal is valued at ~$5.7B, with Monte…
September 16, 2025

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Remedium Bio Joins Forces with Eli Lilly to Advance Gene Therapies for Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Shots: Remedium Bio has entered into a multi-target research & development collaboration with Eli Lilly to develop gene therapies targeting multiple targets for the treatment of Obesity & Type 2 Diabetes, leveraging Remedium’s Prometheus platform As per the deal, Remedium will receive an upfront, equity investment as well as development & commercial milestone payments, with tiered…
September 9, 2025

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Arrowhead Enters a ~$2.2B Deal with Novartis for ARO-SNCA and TRiM-Based Therapies to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases

Shots: Arrowhead has granted Novartis exclusive global rights to develop, manufacture, & commercialize ARO-SNCA, which leverages the TRiM platform for SC dosing & targeted gene delivery to treat synucleinopathies, incl. Parkinson’s disease As per the deal, Arrowhead will receive $200M upfront & ~$2B in development, regulatory, and sales milestones, with tiered royalties on sales up…
September 3, 2025

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BioArctic and Novartis sign agreement for BrainTransporter ~$802M

Shots: BioArctic has entered into an option, collaboration, and license agreement with Novartis to develop a neurodegeneration treatment using BrainTransporter As per the deal, BioArctic receives $30M upfront and could earn up to $772M in milestones plus tiered mid-single-digit royalties if Novartis licenses and commercializes the drug BioArctic will develop a drug candidate using BrainTransporter and a Novartis…
August 26, 2025

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Eli Lilly Collaborates with Superluminal Medicines to Develop Small Molecule for Cardiometabolic Diseases and Obesity

Shots: Superluminal Medicines & Eli Lilly have partnered to develop small molecule therapeutics for undisclosed GPCR targets in cardiometabolic diseases & obesity, leveraging Superluminal’s drug discovery platform As per the deal, Superluminal will use its platform to discover & optimize small molecules, while Lilly will obtain exclusive rights to develop & commercialize the candidates in…
August 18, 2025

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