BMS Opts In On Exscientia’s AI-Designed Immune-Modulating Candidate
Bristol Myers Squibb Will Handle Compound’s Clinical, Commercial Development
• By Sten Stovall
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Bristol Myers Squibb will in-license an immune-modulating drug candidate created by AI-pioneer Exscientia, the first in their expanded multi-target alliance announced in May.
AI-designed drug is first in duo's multi-target collaboration to reach in-license milestone • Source: Alamy
AI pioneer Exscientia Ltd. has generated the first novel drug candidate in its $1.2bn partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb Company– that being an immune-modulating compound, for which the nine-year-old spinout drug discovery group will get $20m from BMS for the early exploration work.
The in-licensed candidate targets a critical immunological kinase that has “historically proven difficult to target” due to the need for...
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