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Voronoi’s Brain-Permeable NSCLC Candidate Attracts ORIC To Major Deal

$350m Total Value

 
• By Jung Won Shin

Through a licensing-out deal with ORIC for its EGFR/HER2 exon-20 inhibitor, South Korea's Voronoi hopes to gain from its new partner's commercialization experience in NSCLC. The alliance aims to build a potentially best-in-class presence in a competitive landscape.

Daekwon Kim
Voronoi CEO Daekwon Kim • Source: Voronoi Inc.

South Korean bioventure Voronoi has reached a major global licensing-out deal with ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for its still preclinical stage EGFR/HER2 exon-20 inhibitor, which it hopes could become a game changer in the crowded space.

The deal, worth up to $621m, has been long anticipated since the compound was first unveiled and received strong interest...

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