Arrakis Inks First Partnership In RNA-Targeted Collaboration With Roche

08 Apr 2020

Biotech gets $190m up front in partnership that will discover small molecule RNA-targeted therapies against a range of targets selected by Roche. Arrakis thinks its technology can drug difficult-to-reach targets.

Two businessmen shaking hands during a meeting in the office, success, dealing, greeting & business partner concepts - soft light. — Collaboration with Roche is Arrakis' first partnership after years of fine-tuning its technology

Arrakis Therapeutics Inc. told multiple prospective partners in recent years that it wasn’t interested in research collaborations yet, but the time finally came for the privately held firm on 8 April as it signed a discovery pact with Roche covering the range of therapeutic areas the Swiss pharma focuses on.

Arrakis CEO Michael Gilman told Scrip that the company will apply its RNA-targeted small molecule technology to Roche-specified targets covering...

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