MedTech Expo 2025: ICMR licenses nine technologies to 17 industry partners

These licenses are given in areas of infectious disease diagnostics, immunodiagnostics, and vaccine development

Xspray Pharma licenses patent rights to Handa Therapeutics, secures royalty agreement

Its lead product, Dasynoc, is awaiting FDA approval with a PDUFA date of October 7, 2025

Shanghai Argo announces multi-program RNAi licenses with Novartis

Argo will receive upfront payments of US$ 185 million from Novartis and is eligible to receive potential option and milestone payments as well as tiered royalties on commercial sales.

PrecisionLife Licenses University of Oxford data to discover personalised treatments for endometriosis patients

PrecisionLife to analyse OXEGENE data to improve mechanistic understanding of endometriosis and identify novel drug targets to support the development of new personalised treatments

Alkem licenses technology from Harvard to treat ischemic injury and vascular diseases

Novel delivery of established growth and neurotrophic factors enables local, sustained release for greater efficacy

Biohaven licenses Taldefgrobep Alfa from Bristol Myers Squibb

It is a Phase 3 ready anti-myostatin adnectin for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

Exelixis in-licenses second anti-cancer compound from Aurigene

U.S. FDA has accepted the investigational new drug application for phase 1 clinical trial in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Biocytogen and Merck to advance antibody-conjugated lipid-based delivery solutions

Biocytogen will provide proprietary, fully human antibodies derived from its RenMice platform for evaluation in Merck’s antibody-conjugated LNP services

AstraZeneca collaborates with CSPC Pharmaceuticals focused on AI-enabled research

The collaboration furthers AstraZeneca’s presence in China following the $2.5bn investment in Beijing

Zota Health Care receives licnese for Zotamet and Telmisartan in Kyrgyzstan