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X‑Chem Expands Collaboration with Janssen in Inflammatory Diseases

February 15, 2017

WALTHAM, Mass. – February 15, 2017 – X-Chem, Inc. (X-Chem) announced today that it has expanded its collaboration with Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to discover new drug leads for the treatment of inflammatory disease. The multi-target expansion builds on the parties’ existing discovery and license partnership, entered into in December 2014, and was facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation. This latest agreement will apply X-Chem’s DEX™ platform to the identification of novel modulators for challenging disease targets, following the licensing of multiple series of X-Chem-discovered small molecules by Janssen in 2016. Under the terms of the agreement, X-Chem receives upfront payment and research funding, and is eligible to receive additional payments and royalties based on the achievement of clinical, regulatory and commercial milestones.

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X‑Chem Announces Licensing of 50th Drug Discovery Program

June 29, 2018

WALTHAM, Mass. – July 26, 2018 – X-Chem, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company focused on applying its industry-leading DNA-encoded (DEXTM) library drug discovery engine to the generation of novel small molecule therapeutics, today announced that it has licensed its 10th drug discovery program to date in 2018, bringing the total number of licensed programs to 50 since it launched its first target-based drug discovery partnership in 2012.

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X‑Chem Enters Strategic Collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb

December 19, 2018

WALTHAM, Mass. – December 18, 2018 – X-Chem, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company focused on applying its industry-leading DNA-encoded (DEX™) library drug discovery engine to the generation of novel small molecule therapeutics, today announced the signing of a broad strategic drug discovery collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb.