Biolinerx Ltd. and Hemispherian AS have established a joint venture (JV) to develop GLIX-1, Hemispherian’s lead drug candidate being developed as a potential treatment for newly diagnosed and recurrent glioblastoma.

Vectory Therapeutics BV and Shape Therapeutics Inc. have entered into an option and license agreement granting Vectory an exclusive option to evaluate Shape’s deep brain penetrating AAV capsid, SHP-DB1, for vectorized antibody payloads against three therapeutic targets.

Immuto Scientific Inc. has closed an $8 million seed 2 financing round and entered into a drug discovery collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. Immuto applies its target discovery platform and structural epitope‑mapping engine to identify disease‑specific surface protein conformations.

Tolerance Bio Inc. and Zipcode Bio have established a strategic research and development collaboration aimed at pioneering novel delivery methods for targeted thymus therapeutics.

Remedium Bio Inc. has entered into a multitarget research and development collaboration with Eli Lilly & Co. to advance gene therapies for type 2 diabetes and obesity using Remedium’s Prometheus dose-adjustable gene therapy platform.

Lila Biologics Inc. has entered into a global licensing and multitarget research collaboration with Eli Lilly & Co. focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel radioligand therapies for imaging and treatment of solid tumors.

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced a global licensing and collaboration agreement with Novartis AG for ARO-SNCA, Arrowhead’s preclinical stage siRNA therapy for the treatment of synucleinopathies such as Parkinson’s disease, and for additional targets.

Omass Therapeutics Ltd. has entered into an exclusive collaboration and license agreement with Genentech Inc., a member of the Roche Group, for the rights to develop and commercialize Omass’ preclinical oral small-molecule program for inflammatory bowel disease.

Replicate Bioscience Inc. and Novo Nordisk A/S have entered into a multiyear research collaboration that will leverage Replicate’s novel self-replicating RNA (srRNA) platform to develop new therapeutic candidates to treat obesity, type 2 diabetes and other cardiometabolic diseases.

Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc. has entered into a research collaboration with William Demant Invest A/S to develop Lineage’s auditory neuronal cell transplant Resonance (ANP-1) for hearing loss.