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Boehringer Ingelheim Inks $500M+ Deal with Sitryx Therapeutics for Novel Oral Immune Disease Therapies

Shots: Sitryx Therapeutics has granted BI an exclusive license to a preclinical, small molecule program, offering a disease-modifying treatment approach across multiple autoimmune & inflammatory disease indications As per the deal, BI will receive an exclusive global license to the multiple assets & related IP to the small molecule inhibitor program, plus it will assume…
February 27, 2026

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Insilico Medicine and CMS Enter Multiple Collaborations to Advance Therapeutics in CNS and Autoimmune Indications

Shots: Insilico Medicine has entered into multiple AI-powered drug discovery collaborations with CMS, focusing on advancing therapeutic programs across CNS & autoimmune disease indications As per the deal, Insilico will leverage its Pharma.AI platform for target discovery & small-molecule design & optimization, while CMS will lead clinical development, regulatory strategy, trials, & commercialization Under the…
February 11, 2026

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Origami Therapeutics Collaborates with Ipsen to Develop Protein Degrader Program for Neurodegenerative Disorder

Shots: Origami Therapeutics has entered into a global collaboration & option agreement with Ipsen to develop a small-molecule protein degrader, using Origami’s Oricision platform, for a rare inherited neurodegenerative disorder Under the deal, Ipsen will secure an exclusive option to license the program globally after drug candidate nomination &, upon exercise, would take over worldwide…
February 2, 2026

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Pierre Fabre Partners with Iktos for AI-Driven Drug Discovery in Oncology

Shots: Pierre Fabre Laboratories has entered into an integrated drug discovery collaboration with Iktos to identify & develop novel small-molecule drug candidates in oncology As per the deal, Iktos will apply its AI-driven generative design platform to rapidly identify optimized small-molecule candidates for an undisclosed oncology target, while Pierre Fabre will contribute oncology & preclinical expertise…
January 9, 2026

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Amgen Acquires Dark Blue Therapeutics for ~$840M

Shots: Amgen has acquired Dark Blue Therapeutics, strengthening its early oncology discovery efforts & pipeline As per the deal, Amgen acquired Dark Blue Therapeutics in a transaction valued at ~$840M, integrating Dark Blue into its existing research organization Acquisition will add a preclinical small molecule that degrades MLLT1/3 in select acute myeloid leukemia subtypes, showing differentiated anti-cancer activity…
January 7, 2026

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Nimbus Therapeutics and Eli Lilly Enter ~$1.3B Deal to Develop Oral Metabolic Therapies

Shots: Nimbus has entered into a multi-year research collaboration & exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Eli Lilly to develop a novel oral treatment for obesity & other metabolic diseases Building on their prior AMPK cardiometabolic collaboration, Nimbus & Lilly have entered into a new partnership applying Nimbus’ computational chemistry & structure-based design to an…
January 7, 2026

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Praxis Precision Medicines Reports the US FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation of Ulixacaltamide for Essential Tremor

Shots: The US FDA has granted BTD to ulixacaltamide for the treatment of patients with essential tremor (ET) Designation was based on the topline data from the Essential3 program, consisting of Study 1 & 2, where in Study 1, ulixacaltamide improved mADL11 (1EP) by 4.3 points at Wk. 8, while Study 2 showed superior maintenance of…
December 30, 2025

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Rectify Pharmaceuticals and Boehringer Ingelheim Partner to Develop Small Molecules for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) 

Shots: Rectify has entered into a strategic research & licensing agreement with BI to accelerate the development of small molecule therapies for CKD & other conditions Collaboration will leverage Rectify’s positive functional modulators (PFM) platform to develop oral small molecules that restore or enhance ABCC6 function, targeting pathologic calcification to slow disease progression in CKD, Pseudoxanthoma elasticum,…
December 24, 2025

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Pfizer Collaborates with YaoPharma in a ~$2.1B Licensing Deal for YP05002

Shots: Pfizer has entered into an exclusive global collaboration & license agreement with YaoPharma for YP05002, a GLP-1 receptor agonist for chronic weight management As per the deal, YaoPharma will complete the ongoing P-I trial of YP05002 & grant Pfizer exclusive global rights for further development, manufacturing & commercialization, receiving $150M upfront & ~$1.935B in…
December 10, 2025

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