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X‑Chem further expands Collaboration with Bayer to Discover Novel Medicines

October 3, 2017

WALTHAM, Mass. – October 3rd, 2017 – X-Chem, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company focused on applying its innovative drug discovery capabilities to the generation of novel small molecule therapeutics based on an industry leading DNA-encoded library containing over 120 billion small molecules, and Bayer have further expanded their drug discovery collaboration across multiple therapeutic areas and target classes. The latest agreement with Bayer extends their access to X-Chem’s DEXβ„’ technology by including the synthesis of custom Bayer DNA-Encoded Libraries and expanding the number of potential programs. The collaboration is focused on the discovery of innovative small molecule leads for complex drug targets in areas of high unmet medical need.

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X‑Chem Announces Licensing of Two Discovery Programs to AbbVie

March 13, 2018

Small molecule drug discovery specialist XChem, Inc. today announced that AbbVie has exercised options to license two discovery programs. Under the terms of the parties’ 2016 multi-target research collaboration, AbbVie had an option to an exclusive license to the programs, each of which comprises multiple novel, cell-active modulators of two historically challenging targets in oncology and immunology.

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