Our partnerships
We source innovation internally and externally to transform patients’ lives through breakthrough science.
Partnering to transform patients’ lives
We have a rich heritage in partnering with a long history of successful scientific and commercial collaborations. Partnering has been an integral part of our evolution to become a leading biopharma company – it’s part of our DNA.
As critical drivers of our strategy, external innovation and partnering have brought significant commercial success and pipeline growth. Twenty of our company's twenty-three leading transformational medicines are derived from collaborations. In addition, more than sixty percent of our current development pipeline is externally sourced, complementing our internal expertise and strong global capabilities.
Our proven track record of successful partnerships exhibits speed, transparency, flexibility, creativity and above all, a focus on pursuing potentially transformational innovation for patients.
Business Development in the news
| Month-Year | Details | Link |
|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | Bristol Myers Squibb Strengthens and Diversifies Cell Therapy Portfolio with Acquisition of Orbital Therapeutics | Learn more |
| June 2025 | BioNTech and Bristol Myers Squibb Announce Global Strategic Partnership to Co-Develop and Co-Commercialize Next-generation Bispecific Antibody Candidate BNT327 Broadly for Multiple Solid Tumor Types | Learn more |
| April 2024 | Bristol Myers Squibb and Cellares Announce a $380M Worldwide Capacity Reservation and Supply Agreement for the Manufacture of CAR T Cell Therapies to Bring the Promise of Cell Therapy to More Patients, Faster. | Learn more |
| March 2024 | Bristol Myers Squibb Completes Acquisition of Karuna Therapeutics, Strengthening Neuroscience Portfolio. | Learn more |
| February 2024 | Bristol Myers Squibb Completes Acquisition of RayzeBio, Adding Differentiated Actinium-Based Radiopharmaceutical Platform. | Learn more |
| January 2024 | Bristol Myers Squibb Completes Acquisition of Mirati Therapeutics, Strengthening and Diversifying Oncology Portfolio. | Learn more |
| December 2023 | BMS Strengthens Neuroscience Portfolio with Acquisition of Karuna Therapeutics. | Learn more |
| December 2023 | BMS Adds Premier Radiopharmaceutical Platform with Acquisition of RayzeBio. | Learn more |
| October 2023 | BMS Strengthens and Diversifies Oncology Portfolio With Acquisition of Mirati Therapeutics. | Learn more |
| August 2022 | Acquisition of Turning Point Therapeutics to expand precision oncology portfolio. | Learn more |
| August 2022 | Collaboration with GentiBio to develop engineered Treg therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases. | |
| August 2022 | Collaboration with PathAI to try to utilize artificial intelligence (AI)-powered pathology in translational research and clinical trials. | |
| June 2022 | Expanded strategic alliance with Immatics to develop gamma delta allogeneic cell therapy programs. | Learn more |
| May 2022 | Exclusive license with BridgeBio Pharma to develop and commercialize BBP-398, a potentially best-in-class SHP2 inhibitor, in oncology. | |
| January 2022 | Collaboration with Century Therapeutics to develop iPSC-derived allogeneic cell therapies. | Learn more |
| December 2021 | Immatics and Bristol Myers Squibb Enter Into Global Exclusive License for Immatics’ TCR Bispecific Program IMA401. | Learn more |
| June 2021 | Agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd for the co-development and co-commercialization of MORAb-202, an anti-folate receptor alpha (FRα) antibody drug conjugate (ADC). | Learn more |
| May 2021 | Agenus and Bristol Myers Squibb Announce Exclusive Global License for Agenus’ Anti-TIGIT Bispecific Antibody Program. | Learn more |
| March 2021 | Partnership with bluebird bio results in FDA approval of Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel), the first anti-BCMA CAR T cell therapy for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. | Learn More |
| November 2020 | Acquisition of MyoKardia, subsequently resulting in Bristol Myers Squibb receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for Camzyos™ (mavacamten) for the treatment of adults with symptomatic New York Heart Association class II-III Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) to improve functional capacity and symptoms. | Learn More |
| September 2020 | Acquisition of Forbius to gain access to a portfolio of highly selective and potent inhibitors of TGF-beta 1 & 3 which are key mediators of immunosuppression and fibrosis. The lead investigational asset, AVID200, is currently in Phase 1. | Learn More |
| August 2020 | Agreement with Dragonfly to license their IL-12 investigational immunotherapy program including its extended half-life cytokine DF6002 which is currently in Phase 1/2 clinical trials for patients with advanced solid tumors. | Learn More |
| July 2020 | Research collaboration with Dragonfly to develop novel therapeutic candidates for multiple sclerosis and neuro-inflammation targets. | |