Recludix to pocket potential $1.2 billion in Sanofi deal

21 July 2023

Privately-held Recludix Pharma has agreed a deal with French pharma major Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY) to develop and commercialize oral small molecule STAT6 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 6) inhibitors for immunological and inflammatory (I&I) diseases.

The San Diego-based company is confident that STAT6 plays a key role in multiple dermatological and respiratory diseases.

"Recludix’s approach to targeting STAT6 has significant potential for a number of I&I diseases"Nancy Whiting, chief executive of Recludix, said: “This collaboration for the advancement of a preclinical oral STAT6 inhibitor speaks to our ability to successfully solve the challenge of drugging this attractive, yet elusive, therapeutic target.

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