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Monte Rosa and Novartis expand collaboration for immune-disease degraders; upfront $120M
Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.
- Monte Rosa receives $120M upfront from Novartis under new collaboration for degraders in immune-mediated diseases.
- Up to $5.7B in total milestone payments plus tiered royalties (high single to low double-digits) across up to three programs.
- Novartis gets exclusive license to one undisclosed discovery target and options on two additional preclinical I&I programs.
- Second collaboration with Novartis; first (VAV1/MRT-6160) was announced Oct 2024.
- Extended cash runway accelerates preclinical and clinical-stage immunology pipeline; Phase 2 readouts expected for MRT-8102, MRT-6160, MRT-2359.
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