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Merck & SciBrunch have entered into an exclusive global license agreement for SPR2015, with Merck receiving exclusive rights to develop, manufacture & commercialize SPR2015 worldwide
As per the deal, SciBrunch will receive ~$400M upfront & payment associated with development, commercialization & other milestones across multiple indications, representing the total deal value of ~$2.13B
SPR2015…
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Amberstone Biosciences has entered into a collaboration & license agreement with Henlius Biotech to advance conditionally activated T-cell engagers for the treatment of solid tumors
As per the deal, Amberstone will use its T-MATE platform to generate preclinical candidates against ~2 Henlius-selected targets, while Henlius will lead subsequent research, development, manufacturing & global commercialization…
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Boomray Pharmaceuticals has entered into an exclusive global license agreement with Novartis for an undisclosed preclinical radioligand therapy (RLT) asset
As per the deal, BoomRay will receive ~$900M, incl. an upfront payment as well as development, regulatory, & sales milestone payments, with royalties on future global net sales
Agreement combines BoomRay’s discovery & development capabilities…
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1cBio & Lee's Pharmaceutical have entered into a licensing agreement granting Lee's Pharm exclusive rights to develop & commercialize OC-3, a preclinical PARP1 inhibitor, in China & certain countries in SE Asia
As per the deal, 1cBio will receive an upfront payment, development milestones & potential sales milestone payments totaling ~$27M, as well as…
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Haisco has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Sentivera to develop, manufacture, & commercialize one of its preclinical immunology assets globally, excl. Greater China, in a deal valued at more than $1.5 billion.
The agreement incl. $75.89M in upfront payment & equity consideration, ~$1.46B in development, regulatory & commercial milestones, plus tiered royalties…
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CORE Biomedicine has entered into a licensing agreement with Eisai, securing exclusive global rights to develop & commercialize multiple preclinical oncology programs
As per the deal, CORE will obtain exclusive, global rights to certain preclinical oncology programs spanning distinct targets & biological pathways, providing CORE with a broad pipeline to develop next-generation precision medicines…
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Akari has entered into a strategic research collaboration with Whitehawk to evaluate Akari’s PH1 spliceosome-modulating payload tech in combination with Whitehawk’s TOP1i ADC platform
As per the deal, Akari will lead the design, execution, & evaluation of the research program, which will incl. multiple preclinical workstreams assessing dual-payload compatibility & potential synergies
Collaboration begins…
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Chai Discovery has raised $400M in a Series C round to develop AI models that predict & engineer molecular interactions to speed preclinical drug discovery
The Series C round, valuing Chai at $3.8B, was led by Index Ventures with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Dimension, and several new and existing investors
The company’s…
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Astex has entered into an exclusive, worldwide research collaboration & license agreement with Genentech to identify small molecules with selective inhibitory activity for the treatment for breast cancer
Astex will license compounds from its breast cancer discovery program to Genentech and jointly optimize lead compounds through preclinical candidate selection, after which Genentech will lead…
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Novartis has entered into an agreement to acquire Myricx Bio, strengthening Novartis’ oncology pipeline & advancing next-generation targeted drug conjugates with novel payload mechanisms
Myricx is developing ADCs, using NMT inhibitor (NMTi) payloads designed to disrupt key cancer cell processes, with preclinical data showing broad activity across solid tumors, incl. TOPO-1-resistant models
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