Roche Accelerator Deepens Pool Of Potential Chinese Partners

Roche's Shanghai-based Accelerator now includes close to 20 Chinese startups across multiple areas including novel modalities and AI-based research, fitting into the Swiss major's strategy of partnering in core areas to access innovation.

Roche Accelerator in Shanghai
Roche Accelerator in Shanghai • Source: Roche

By December 2024, nearly 20 Chinese startups had become members of the Roche Accelerator initiative in China, working in a wide range of areas including novel biological mechanisms, platforms and drug modalities, molecular glues (small molecules that facilitate protein interactions), cyclic peptides, novel drug conjugates and RNA and cell therapies.

Xu Hu

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Xu is a senior reporter and covers aspects on policy and regulations in China pharma industry within the APAC Pharma news team.

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