Roche Strengthens Hematology Pipeline Through Nurix Therapeutics Partnership

Roche announced that it has entered into an exclusive licensing and collaboration agreement with Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. Under the terms of this agreement, the two companies will collaborate to co-develop and co-commercialise bexobrutideg (NX-5948), Nurix’s investigational Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) degrader. The collaboration encompasses a clinical development plan spanning B-cell malignancies, immunology and neurology. The addition of bexobrutideg complements Roche’s existing strengths in haematology and provides a cross-therapeutic opportunity to extend the pipeline's reach in immunology and neurology.

Levi Garraway, Roche Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Product Development: “At Roche, our goal is to create new possibilities for patients with challenging diseases. We believe bexobrutideg could represent a major leap forward in the fight against complex blood cancers and other diseases. We are proud to join forces with Nurix to accelerate these potential breakthroughs.”

Arthur T. Sands, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Nurix Therapeutics: “We believe Roche is the ideal partner to help translate the promise of targeted protein degradation into meaningful impact for patients worldwide. As a single agent, bexobrutideg has shown highly promising results in B cell malignancy clinical trials to date and we can now rapidly expand our Phase 3 program enhanced by Roche’s global reach. We are also excited to explore combination regimens utilising selected agents from Roche’s portfolio of successful B-cell malignancy drugs. In addition, collaborating with Roche uniquely enables our ability to extend the cross-therapeutic opportunity of bexobrutideg in immunology and neurology.”