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Merus Partners with Halozyme to Develop Subcutaneous Petosemtamab

Shots: Merus has entered into a global non-exclusive collaboration and license agreement with Halozyme Therapeutics to develop & commercialize SC formulation of petosemtamab using Halozyme's Enhanze drug delivery technology As per the deal, Halozyme will receive an upfront, along with commercial & sales milestones payments, plus up to low-mid single-digit royalties; Although the financial details…

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Transition Bio Inks ~$500M Pact with Voyager Therapeutics to Develop Small Molecules for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Shots: Transition Bio has entered into a drug discovery collaboration & license option agreement with Voyager Therapeutics to identify & develop selective small molecules targeting TDP-43 pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) & frontotemporal dementia As per the deal, Transition Bio will discover & optimize TDP-43–targeting small molecules, after which Voyager may license exclusive global…

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Merck Signs an R&D Funding Deal with Blackstone Life Sciences for Sacituzumab Tirumotecan (sac-TMT)

Shots: Merck Enters into Research and Development Funding Agreement with Blackstone Life Sciences to support development of sac-TMT, currently in 15 global P-III trials across multiple cancers, including breast, endometrial, and lung As per the deal, Blackstone will provide Merck $700M to help fund sac-TMT development through 2026. In return, Blackstone is eligible for low-to-mid…

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ModeX Therapeutics (OPKO Health) Enters $1B+ Deal with Regeneron to Develop Multispecific Antibodies for Select Therapeutic Indications

Shots: ModeX & Regeneron entered into a license & collaboration agreement to develop multispecific antibodies across cancer and metabolic, combining ModeX’s MSTAR platform with Regeneron’s antibody binders Regeneron will fund & lead all development & commercialization in exchange for $7M upfront, plus future product selection, clinical, regulatory, & commercial milestones over $200M per molecule, with…

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Takeda Partners with Innovent Biologics to Boost Oncology Pipeline with Advanced Solid Tumor Therapies

Shots: Takeda & Innovent Biologics have entered into a global Partnership (Excluding Greater China) to develop & Commercialize IBI363 & IBI343; Takeda also Gains exclusive Option to license global rights for IBI3001 outside of Greater China As per the deal, Takeda will pay Innovent $1.2B upfront, including a $100M equity investment, funded from cash on…

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insitro and Bristol Myers Squibb Collaborate to Advance Drug Discovery for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Shots: insitro & BMS have extended their 5yr. collaboration (2020) to discover novel small molecule therapies for ALS using insitro’s AI-enabled ChemML platform The 1yr. extension will focus on developing therapies for a novel ALS target identified preclinically, with insitro receiving ~$20M in new funding & remaining eligible for discovery, development, regulatory, & commercial milestones…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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