Boehringer strikes $500M-plus immunometabolism pact with Sitryx

27 February 2026

German family-owned pharma major Boehringer Ingelheim and UK clinical stage biotech Sitryx Therapeutics announced that Boehringer has acquired an exclusive license for a pre-clinical, small molecule program from Sitryx. The program offers a novel, oral, potentially disease-modifying treatment approach across multiple autoimmune and inflammatory disease indications.

The global burden of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases continues to rise sharply, with millions of patients unable to achieve sustainable disease control on existing therapies. This underscores the urgent need for novel, precise mechanisms that target disease‑driving pathways.

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