Plus transactions involving Sanofi/Fulcrum, Reneo/OnKure, Lilly/Mitsubishi Tanabe, Lantern/Oregon, Zydus/Eiger and more.

Ajax Therapeutics plans to take its type II JAK2 inhibitor into the clinic during the second half of 2024 with the aim of modifying disease in a way that first-generation type I inhibitors do not. 

The UK firm's platform has been validated by the partnerships sealed with AstraZeneca and Merck KGaA and the development of an internal five-strong product pipeline, acting CEO Francois Nader told attendees at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.  

The biopharma market has been highly active throughout the COVID-19 pandemic with a substantial focus on strategic alliances between 2020-H1 2021. Partnership deals present exciting liquidity and risk mitigation opportunities for early-stage companies. Small molecules still comprise the largest segment of partnered drugs, but alliances for other modalities are on the rise.