Healthcare group Sanofi forms research deal with the company Exscientia
By:Reuters
Updated: Jan 7, 2022, 06:58 UTC•1min read
PARIS (Reuters) – French healthcare company Sanofi, which has been under pressure to revive its drug pipeline after some setbacks in the COVID-19 vaccine race, announced on Friday a research deal with the company Exscientia to develop new medicines.
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PARIS (Reuters) – French healthcare company Sanofi, which has been under pressure to revive its drug pipeline after some setbacks in the COVID-19 vaccine race, announced on Friday a research deal with the company Exscientia to develop new medicines.
The two companies said they would work on developing an artificial-intelligence (AI) driven pipeline of new products in areas such as oncology and immunology.
Exscientia will also receive an upfront cash payment of $100 million with the potential of $5.2 billion in total milestones plus tiered royalties, as part of the deal with Sanofi.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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