Artificial intelligence-driven Exscientia Ltd. has signed on a “who’s who” list of biopharma partners over the years, but on 7 January announced a $100m up front, and potentially multi-billion-dollar downstream, extension of its work with Sanofi to apply its precision medicine platform using both AI and patient tissue samples to pursue 15 novel therapies in oncology and immunology.
Exscientia And Sanofi Will Search For 15 Novel Oncology, Immunology Drugs Under New Pact
Building on an alliance dating back to 2016, Exscientia and Sanofi will use artificial intelligence and insights gleaned from patient tissue samples to seek out 15 novel therapies.
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