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Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH / Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.

2023 · Co-Development · $405M · Complete

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May 08, 2023 BioSpace Bullish

Ginkgo Bioworks has entered a multi-year collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim worth up to $405 million to discover natural-product-based therapeutics. The…

May 08, 2023 Ginkgo Bioworks / PR Newswire Neutral

Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) partners with Boehringer Ingelheim to leverage Ginkgo's natural product discovery platform; Ginkgo receives upfront research fees…

May 10, 2023 Labiotech.eu Bullish

Ginkgo Bioworks and Boehringer Ingelheim have agreed a collaboration worth up to $405 million to search for new natural-product-based therapeutics, one of the…

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Ginkgo Bioworks and Boehringer Ingelheim entered a drug discovery partnership leveraging Ginkgo's metagenomic library to identify lead therapeutic molecules. Ginkgo received upfront research fees plus potential R&D, regulatory and commercial milestones totaling $405M, plus unspecified royalties.

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