AI Expert Exscientia Adds BMS To Big Pharma Client List

$50m Upfront, Potential Value Of Pact Is Over $1.2bn

BMS is impressed with Exscientia's projects with recently acquired Celgene and has signed up to use the UK firm's artificial intelligence platform to accelerate the discovery of small molecules in areas including oncology and immunology.

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Having participated in Exscientia Ltd.'s recent $225m fundraising, Bristol Myers Squibb Company is paying the UK-based artificial intelligence-driven pharmatech company another $50m upfront as part of a drug discovery collaboration.

On top of the upfront fee, the agreement includes up to $125m in near to mid-term potential milestones and additional clinical, regulatory and commercial payments that take the potential value of the deal beyond $1.2bn, plus tiered royalties

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