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Pierre Fabre and XtalPi start AI‑driven drug discovery partnership

The French pharma group and Hong Kong AI firm will use XtalPi’s AI and robotics to design small‑molecule candidates for cancer and other hard‑to‑treat diseases.

NoteBy Published by Oossa: Last updated: 1 min read

Les Laboratoires Pierre Fabre and XtalPi announced a collaboration to discover new clinical candidates. XtalPi will apply its AI‑enabled platform and robotics to design novel small‑molecule drugs against undisclosed targets. Pierre Fabre will provide medical biology, pre‑clinical and translational expertise and will handle later clinical development and commercialization. The deal includes an upfront payment, milestone payments and downstream profit sharing, though the amounts were not disclosed.

Why it matters

If successful, the partnership could speed up the delivery of new cancer therapies for patients with unmet medical needs.

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