🧬 Drug Discovery

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• 2026-11-04
  S2 Deal / PartnershipVariational AI Enters Collaboration with Merck to Apply Generative AI to Drug Discovery — BioSpace11/03 11:46 JSTMerck
• 2026-10-29
  S3 Capital moveAnthropic Makes Major Entry into AI Drug Discovery: Acquires "One-Person Pharma," Partners with Six Industry Giants, and Reveals Latest R&D Progress — 富途牛牛10/28 15:00 JSTAnthropic
• 2026-10-29
  S3 Capital moveAnthropic announces early results from drug discovery with Claude, betting on a new model for AI drug discovery by acquiring a "one-person pharmaceutical company" — BigGo ファイナンス10/28 09:35 JSTAnthropic
• 2026-10-29
  S1 DeploymentTohoku Securities: Need for greater R&D efficiency accelerates industrial implementation of AI drug discovery — Moomoo10/28 15:32 JST
• 2026-10-28
  S1 DeploymentVirtual biotech deploys 37,000 AI agents across drug discovery — Bioengineer.org10/27 07:19 JST
• 2026-10-26
  S2 Deal / Partnership【4/14 16:00】Novo Nordisk × OpenAI AI drug discovery partnership; Apple AI chief Giannandrea officially departs Food (dbgW7ZBSpw) — Unisba Media10/25 05:46 JSTOpenAI
• 2026-10-24
  S4 Amount disclosedWarp Sciences Raises $215M to Build AI-Powered Drug Discovery Labs$215M — citybiz10/23 18:30 JSTAlso reported by 1: Pulse 2.0
• 2026-10-24
  S3 Capital moveWarp Sciences, which uses AI and robots to run chemistry experiments for drug discovery, raises funding in a Series A led by Lightspeed — BRIDGE（ブリッジ）10/23 14:10 JST
• 2026-10-22
  S3 Capital moveOpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio, accelerates AI-driven drug discovery - CHOSUNBIZ — Chosunbiz10/21 09:35 JSTOpenAI
• 2026-10-22
  S3 Capital moveOpenAI acquires AI drug discovery startup, intensifying competition with Anthropic and Google — ビジネス+IT10/21 17:00 JSTAnthropicOpenAI
• 2026-10-21
  S4 Amount disclosedSinopia Biosciences Awarded $2.5 Million NIH Grant to Advance AI Drug Discovery$2.5 Million — citybiz10/21 00:11 JSTAlso reported by 1: BioSpace
• 2026-10-19
  S2 Deal / PartnershipAI drug discovery company Elix and Axcelead DDP sign joint research agreement on targeted protein degradation inducers — 朝日新聞10/18 03:36 JST
• 2026-10-17
  S4 Amount disclosedPublic-private ¥370 trillion across 17 strategic sectors: Japan's path to winning, read through AI, shipbuilding and drug discoveryplanned ¥370 trillion — 日経ビジネス電子版10/16 05:00 JST
• 2026-10-17
  S4 Amount disclosedAstraZeneca forms partnership worth up to $1.5 billion with AI drug discovery firm Insitroup to $1.5 billion — BigGo ファイナンス10/16 03:16 JST
• 2026-10-17
  S4 Amount disclosedGoogle.org backs University of Toronto team with $2.3 million to build OpenPep, an AI engine for peptide drug discovery$2.3 million — Bioengineer.org10/17 01:46 JST
• 2026-10-16
  S4 Amount disclosedAstraZeneca and Insitro Ink $1.86 Billion AI Drug Discovery Deal$1.86 Billion — Bloomberg.com10/15 19:00 JSTAstraZenecaAlso reported by 4: 富途牛牛 · WSJ · Belaaz · Reuters
• 2026-10-16
  S4 Amount disclosedAstraZeneca to Invest Up to $1.5 Billion in AI-Driven Drug Discoveryup to $1.5 Billion — ForkLog10/15 21:04 JSTAstraZenecaAlso reported by 2: Pharmaceutical Executive · Yahoo Finance
• 2026-10-16
  S4 Amount disclosedAstraZeneca Strikes $40M Upfront AI Drug Discovery Deal With insitro for Liver and Heart Disease$40M — Konsulteer10/15 20:10 JSTAstraZeneca
• 2026-10-16
  S4 Amount disclosedAstraZeneca signs $40 million AI drug discovery deal with insitro$40 million — Mezha.net10/15 21:16 JSTAstraZeneca
• 2026-10-15
  S4 Amount disclosedWhy Rakovina Therapeutics Inc. (TSXV:RKV) Is Funding AI-Led Cancer Drug Discovery After Raising C$1.99 Million in a Private Placement$1.99 Million — kalkine.ca10/14 19:33 JST
• 2026-10-15
  S2 Deal / PartnershipDeep Origin Announces Multi-Target AI-Driven Drug Discovery Collaboration with BioAge Labs; Validated Hits Confirmed against First Target — Yahoo Finance Singapore10/14 21:00 JST
• 2026-10-15
  S2 Deal / PartnershipITOCHU Corp signs capital alliance agreement with MOLCURE Inc. for AI-based drug discovery in Japan — BioSpectrum Asia10/14 14:02 JST
• 2026-10-13
  S2 Deal / PartnershipDST signs agreement with Peptris towards Rs 86 Cr RDI collaboration to accelerate AI-based drug discovery and development — BioSpectrum India10/12 16:33 JSTAlso reported by 1: Utkarsh Classes
• 2026-10-10
  S4 Amount disclosedPhyraxis AI lands early funding as $3B pours into physical AI for drug discovery$3B — Dealroom10/09 10:28 JST
• 2026-10-09
  S4 Amount disclosedIsomorphic Labs aims for $40B+ valuation in new funding, boosting AI drug discovery race.valuation $40B — Pluang10/09 00:25 JSTIsomorphic LabsAlso reported by 2: BigGo Finance · Bloomberg.com
• 2026-10-09
  S4 Amount disclosedAI drug discovery firm Isomorphic in talks to raise funding at a corporate valuation of over $40 billionvaluation $40 billion — Bloomberg.com10/08 14:12 JST
• 2026-10-09
  S4 Amount disclosedU.S. Government and Silicon Valley Giants Pour $1.8 Billion into Closing the AI Drug Discovery Data Gap$1.8 Billion — BigGo Finance10/08 21:25 JST
• 2026-10-09
  S4 Amount disclosedUS government teams up with major Silicon Valley firms to invest $1.8 billion to address data shortage in AI drug discovery$1.8 billion — BigGo ファイナンス10/08 21:25 JST
• 2026-10-09
  S2 Deal / PartnershipRegulatory Service/Supplier jobs in Article Releases Almirall And Absci Announce Ai Drug Discovery Partnership To Rapidly Develop Novel Treatments For Dermatological Diseases | BioSpace — BioSpace10/08 05:42 JSTAbsci
• 2026-10-08
  S4 Amount disclosedFrance's Rivercell emerges from stealth with €22 million for AI-powered drug discovery infrastructure€22 million — EU-Startups10/07 23:24 JST
• 2026-10-02
  S3 Capital moveShionogi, with AI drug discovery, halves time to clinical trials to 3 years; leverages talent from JT's pharmaceutical business acquisition — 日本経済新聞10/01 05:00 JST
• 2026-10-02
  S2 Deal / PartnershipHansa Biopharma Partners With Cradle To Advance AI-Driven Protein Design And Engineering — TradingView10/01 15:02 JST
• 2026-10-02
  S1 DeploymentAI Drug Discovery Forecasts Vary Widely as Sector Shifts to Deployment — PR Newswire10/02 01:11 JST
• 2026-09-23
  S3 Capital moveNvidia-Backed AI Drug Discovery Company Iambic Therapeutics Files for Nasdaq IPO, to Use Proceeds for Cancer Drug Development — Yahoo Finance09/22 11:00 JSTIambic TherapeuticsAlso reported by 5: marketscreener.com · finance.biggo.com · medwatch.com · konsulteer.com · Bloomberg.com
• 2026-09-23
  S3 Capital moveNVIDIA-backed AI drug discovery company Iambic Therapeutics applies for Nasdaq listing — BigGo ファイナンス09/23 03:06 JST
• 2026-09-22
  S2 Deal / PartnershipAbbVie Forms Ai-Powered Drug Discovery Partnership with Lambic | PharmExec — Pharmaceutical Executive09/22 03:57 JSTAbbVie
• 2026-09-22
  S2 Deal / PartnershipAbbVie and Iambic Announce Collaboration to Accelerate AI-driven Drug Discovery — Yahoo! Finance Canada09/21 21:00 JSTAbbVieAlso reported by 1: AD HOC NEWS
• 2026-09-22
  S2 Deal / PartnershipThe Cat Health Company Partners With Ad Atomica on AI-Led De Novo Drug Discovery — einnews.com09/21 20:30 JST
• 2026-09-20
  S4 Amount disclosed£20m robotic AI laboratory targets faster infectious disease drug discovery£20m — Laboratory Talk09/19 17:42 JST
• 2026-09-19
  S4 Amount disclosedChina's AI Drug Discovery Startup Anew Labs Raises $290M at $1.5B Valuation$1.5B — IndexBox09/18 13:11 JST
• 2026-09-19
  S2 Deal / PartnershipNovo Nordisk Partners with Anthropic on Drug Discovery, Aiming to Shorten Development Timelines with AI — finance.biggo.com09/18 17:06 JSTNovo NordiskAnthropic
• 2026-09-19
  S2 Deal / PartnershipNovo Nordisk partners with Anthropic to speed up drug discovery with Claude — Dealroom09/19 00:28 JSTNovo NordiskAnthropic
• 2026-09-19
  S2 Deal / PartnershipNovo strikes drug discovery alliance with Anthropic, aims to shorten development timelines with AI — BigGo ファイナンス09/18 17:06 JST
• 2026-09-19
  S2 Deal / PartnershipNovo Nordisk partners with US Anthropic, accelerates drug discovery with "Claude Science" (BUSINESS+IT) — Yahoo!ニュース09/18 16:05 JST
• 2026-09-18
  S4 Amount disclosedByteDance spins off AI drug discovery subsidiary, secures $290 million (about 45 billion yen) in first funding round¥45 billion — BigGo ファイナンス09/17 11:56 JST
• 2026-09-18
  S4 Amount disclosedByteDance AI drug discovery spin-off Anew Labs raises $290M at $1.5B valuation$1.5B — TNGlobal09/17 13:34 JSTAlso reported by 1: finance.biggo.com
• 2026-09-18
  S4 Amount disclosedAI Drug Discovery Demand Surges: Synthetic Biology Leader Expects Orders to Double to $100 Million Next Year$100 Million — finance.biggo.com09/17 11:26 JST
• 2026-09-18
  S4 Amount disclosedAI drug discovery demand surges, synthetic biology leader expects order volume to double to $100 million next year$100 million — BigGo ファイナンス09/17 11:26 JST
• 2026-09-18
  S3 Capital moveAI-for-science startup ChemLex raises USD 45M, launching self-driving lab for drug discovery in Singapore — Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)09/17 18:29 JST
• 2026-09-18
  S2 Deal / PartnershipNovo Nordisk Partners with Anthropic to Advance AI-Driven Drug Discovery — Digital Health News09/17 19:50 JSTNovo NordiskAnthropic
• 2026-09-18
  S2 Deal / PartnershipNovo expands AI drug discovery push with Anthropic’s Claude Science collaboration — AllSci09/17 17:49 JSTAnthropic
• 2026-09-18
  S2 Deal / PartnershipAccelerating Drug Discovery With AI: Wegovy Maker Partners With Anthropic — news.sbs.co.kr09/17 10:40 JSTAnthropic
• 2026-09-18
  S2 Deal / PartnershipNovo Nordisk partners with Anthropic, ByteDance-affiliated Anew Labs raises 9.2 billion New Taiwan dollars, AI drug discovery stocks catch fire — BigGo ファイナンス09/17 15:55 JSTAnthropic
• 2026-09-18
  S2 Deal / PartnershipNovo Nordisk collaborates with Anthropic to advance drug discovery R&D with Claude — 디지털투데이09/17 10:37 JSTNovo NordiskAnthropic
• 2026-09-18
  S1 DeploymentVirtual Biotech Deploys AI Agents for Drug Discovery — miragenews.com09/18 03:07 JST
• 2026-09-17
  S4 Amount disclosedByteDance's Anew Labs raises $290M for AI drug discovery at $1.5B valuation$1.5B — Dealroom09/16 18:40 JSTAlso reported by 1: finance.biggo.com
• 2026-09-17
  S4 Amount disclosedChina's ByteDance spins off AI drug discovery business for independent fundraising, raises $290 million in first round at $1.5 billion valuation$1.5 billion — BigGo ファイナンス09/16 20:25 JST
• 2026-09-17
  S4 Amount disclosedGlasgow-based AI drug discovery firm raises £89.9 million in new funding round£89.9 million — FutureScot09/16 19:22 JST
• 2026-09-17
  S2 Deal / PartnershipNovo Nordisk Partners With Anthropic to Accelerate Drug Discovery Using AI — TradingKey09/17 03:02 JSTNovo NordiskAnthropicAlso reported by 2: Yahoo Finance · The News International
• 2026-09-17
  S2 Deal / PartnershipAnthropic and Danish Company behind Ozempic announce AI drug discovery collaboration — washingtonexaminer.com09/17 03:07 JSTAnthropic
• 2026-09-17
  S2 Deal / PartnershipNovo Nordisk (0QIU) Collaborates with Anthropic to Enhance AI-Powered Drug Discovery and R&D Processes — Kalkine Media09/16 21:00 JSTNovo NordiskAnthropic
• 2026-09-16
  S2 Deal / PartnershipRXRX: AI-driven drug discovery platform delivers first-in-class assets and major partnership milestones — TradingView09/15 23:20 JSTAlso reported by 1: TradingView
• 2026-09-12
  S4 Amount disclosedGenscript to raise $300M in share placing to scale AI drug discovery$300M — Dealroom09/11 09:23 JST
• 2026-09-10
  S2 Deal / PartnershipAI drug discovery company Elix and Axcelead DDP sign joint research agreement on targeted protein degradation inducers — PR TIMES09/09 10:00 JST
• 2026-09-10
  S2 Deal / PartnershipMOLCURE begins collaboration with Axcelead Drug Discovery Partners on peptide drug discovery using AI drug discovery technology — bio.nikkeibp.co.jp09/09 12:54 JST
• 2026-09-08
  S4 Amount disclosedSuperluminal Medicines Raises $60M Series B for AI-Driven GPCR Drug Discovery$60M — Wowtale09/08 03:54 JST
• 2026-09-08
  S2 Deal / PartnershipThe Biggest Barrier to Collaboration with Chinese AI Drug Discovery Companies Is Not "Technology" but "Data Regulation" — SUGENA Releases Practical Report 2026 for Free — PR TIMES09/08 14:47 JST
• 2026-09-08
  S2 Deal / PartnershipCollaboration Begins with Axcelead Drug Discovery Partners on Peptide Drug Discovery Using AI Drug Discovery Technology — PR TIMES09/08 10:00 JSTAlso reported by 1: ライブドアニュース
• 2026-09-04
  S2 Deal / PartnershipChaim---Surges, signs joint research agreement with FRONTEO on AI drug discovery — fr.tradingview.com09/04 02:59 JST
• 2026-09-03
  S2 Deal / PartnershipIIT Kanpur partners with Nobel Laureate David Baker’s Lab for AI-guided drug discovery — biospectrumindia.com09/03 22:44 JST
• 2026-09-03
  S2 Deal / PartnershipNotice of Conclusion of Joint Research Agreement with FRONTEO, Inc. on AI Drug Discovery — 日本経済新聞09/03 16:35 JST
• 2026-09-02
  S2 Deal / PartnershipBenchSci Announces Two-Year Enterprise Agreement with argenx to Advance AI-Driven Preclinical Drug Discovery — Business Wire09/02 21:00 JST
• 2026-09-02
  S2 Deal / PartnershipOno Pharmaceutical partners with US AI drug discovery company / Hodogaya Chemical establishes nucleic acid drug CDMO subsidiary — Pharmaceutical Industry Daily News Roundup (September 2, 2026) — Answers（アンサーズ）09/02 18:04 JST
• 2026-09-02
  S2 Deal / PartnershipOno Pharmaceutical launches drug discovery partnership with US-based Aitia in the neurology field — leveraging digital twins built with cutting-edge causal AI — — 日経バイオテクONLINE09/02 21:29 JSTAitia