Novartis is a large pharma headquartered in Switzerland. Over the past three years, Novartis has been involved in 61 licensing and acquisition transactions, with a primary focus on Other (18 deals). The company currently has 50 active clinical trials, primarily in Oncology.
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Active Trials
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Top Modality
Other
Focus Area
Oncology
Licensing, acquisition, and partnership transactions involving Novartis in the past 12 months.
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| Aimovig | Amgen | Antibodies | Approved | co development | Jul 18, 2026 |
| new cancer drugs program | BridgeBio Pharma | Other | Unknown | license | Jul 13, 2026 |
| ADC payload platform | Myricx Bio | ADC | Discovery | acquisition | Jul 8, 2026 |
| NMT inhibitor-based ADC platform | Myricx Bio | ADC | Preclinical | acquisition | Jul 8, 2026 |
| oncology assets | Antares | Other | Unknown | collaboration | Jul 4, 2026 |
| ANGPTL3 RNA therapeutic + additional RNA assets | Argo Biopharma | Oligonucleotides | Phase 2 | option | Jun 29, 2026 |
| AI-driven protein therapeutics platform collaboration | Generate: Biomedicines | Other | Discovery | collaboration | Jun 28, 2026 |
| undruggable cancer targets program | Antares Oncology | Other | Discovery | collaboration | Jun 28, 2026 |
| undruggable cancer targets program | Antares | Other | Discovery | collaboration | Jun 26, 2026 |
| multi-target oncology discovery collaboration | Antares | Other | Discovery | collaboration | Jun 25, 2026 |
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Novartis has 50 active clinical trials across 6 development phases.
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Novartis is a large pharma company based in Switzerland that has been actively engaged in licensing transactions across the biopharma landscape. With 61 deals over the past three years, Novartis ranks among the most acquisitive companies tracked by Ambrosia Ventures.
Key therapeutic areas of focus for Novartis include Oncology (16 deals and trials), Rare Disease (14 deals and trials), Cardiovascular (12 deals and trials), and Solid Tumors (9 deals and trials). In terms of modality, Novartis has shown particular interest in other, small molecules, oligonucleotides.
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