BMS Opts In On Exscientia’s AI-Designed Immune-Modulating Candidate

Bristol Myers Squibb Will Handle Compound’s Clinical, Commercial Development

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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