Astrazeneca plc has signed a new strategic collaboration agreement with CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. to advance the development of next-generation therapies for obesity and type 2 diabetes across eight programs.
Wuxi Biologics Co. Ltd. and Sinorda Biomedicine have established a strategic collaboration for the development and manufacturing of SND-006, a novel bispecific antibody, for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and other autoimmune diseases.
The SCN2A Foundation has entered into a research collaboration with Unravel Biosciences Inc. to advance preclinical research for SCN2A-related disorders caused by loss-of-function mutations, a subset of SCN2A conditions driven by insufficient functional protein.
Starkage Therapeutics SAS has established a research collaboration with Gustave Roussy to characterize cellular senescence induced by standard-of-care treatments in a series of digestive cancers.
Mair Therapeutics BV has established a scientific collaboration with Radboud University to accelerate the discovery of small-molecule agonists of TMEM175, a lysosomal ion channel genetically linked to Parkinson’s disease.
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH and Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. have entered into a license and collaboration agreement to develop SIM-0709 for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
Insilico Medicine Cayman Topco and Hygtia Therapeutics Co. Ltd. have entered into an exclusive license and co-development collaboration to advance ISM-8969 worldwide. ISM-8969 is an orally available, brain penetrant NLRP3 inhibitor for CNS disorders.
Interax Biotech Ltd. and Alveus Therapeutics Inc. have signed a strategic research collaboration and licensing agreement to develop a differentiated small-molecule candidate for metabolic disease. Designed to overcome the limitations of current obesity medications, the candidate is expected to deliver durable weight loss with superior tolerability.
Tahoe Therapeutics and Alloy Therapeutics Inc. are forming a jointly seeded new company focused on developing first-in-class antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for patients with hard-to-treat cancers. The joint venture will advance two ADC programs directed at novel tumor targets discovered by Tahoe using its proprietary Mosaic platform and large-scale, perturbative single-cell datasets.
Swiss Rockets AG and Alloy Therapeutics Inc. have signed a master research agreement establishing a multitarget collaboration to discover and develop next-generation radioligand therapeutics (RLTs) for oncology.