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XtalPi Secures Over $400M Partnership to Develop GPCR-Targeted Small Molecule Therapy

Shots: 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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Novartis Inks a ~$1.44B Deal with Orionis to Advance Molecular Glue Therapies for Multiple Targets

Shots: Orionis Biosciences has entered into a multi-year collaboration with Novartis to discover & design molecular glue drugs for challenging therapeutic targets across multiple disease areas As per the deal, the companies will leverage Orionis’s Allo-Glue platform & AI-powered discovery engine to accelerate target & ligase profiling, as well as molecular glue optimization, enabling the…

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Lundbeck Partners with Cradle to Accelerate AI-Driven Biotherapeutics Discovery

Shots: 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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CytomX and Regeneron Expand Tumor-Activated Bispecific Cancer Therapy Collaboration in Potential ~$4B Deal

Shots: CytomX has expanded its collaboration & licensing agreement with Regeneron to develop conditionally-activated bispecific cancer therapies using CytomX’s Probody platform & Regeneron’s Veloci-B BsAb development platform As per the expanded deal, the companies will continue joint discovery efforts to identify & validate conditionally active BsAbs, with Regeneron assuming responsibility for all preclinical & clinical development, commercialization,…

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Alnylam and Inceptive Enter ~$2B Collaboration to Accelerate AI-Powered Discovery of RNAi Therapeutics

Shots: 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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Ascidian and Eli Lilly Partner to Advance RNA Exon Editors for Devastating Kidney Diseases in a ~$1.9B Deal

Shots: Ascidian has entered a global research & licensing agreement with Eli Lilly to discover & develop therapies for undisclosed monogenic kidney diseases, with an option to expand the collaboration to additional targets As per the deal, Lilly will obtain exclusive target-specific rights to Ascidian’s RNA exon editing tech for undisclosed targets, with Ascidian leading…

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Everest Medicine Licenses Civorebrutinib to Travere Therapeutics in a ~$1.14B Deal

Shots: Travere has entered into an exclusive licensing & collaboration agreement with Everest Medicines for the development & commercialization of civorebrutinib (EVER001) worldwide (excl. China & certain countries in East & Southeast Asia) As per the deal, Everest will receive $112.5M upfront & ~$1.03B in cash payments tied to development, regulatory & commercial milestones across…

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Haisco Enters ~$3.05B License and Research Collaboration with Lilly to Develop Novel Medicines Across Multiple Therapeutic Areas

Shots: Haisco Pharmaceutical has entered into a licensing & research collaboration with Eli Lilly to develop novel medicines across multiple therapeutic areas As per the deal, Haisco will be responsible for the discovery & identification of ~5 target programs, while Lilly will lead IND-enabling studies, clinical development, & commercialization Lilly will gain exclusive global rights…

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