Recursion Announces Sanofi Option Of First Immunology Drug Candidate, Triggering $10M Milestone Payment And Potential Phase 1 Trials In 2027

Recursion Announces Sanofi Options Potential First-in-Class Immunology Development Candidate

On October 15, 2026, Recursion announced that Sanofi has optioned the first development candidate from the two companies’ multi-program research collaboration. The potential first-in-class oral small molecule was designed to achieve a differentiated profile against a challenging dual target implicated in inflammatory disease and was delivered by the combination of Recursion’s integrated AI-enabled drug design platform and small-molecule chemistry capabilities with Sanofi’s deep expertise in drug discovery and immunology.

The candidate has now been added to Sanofi’s development pipeline and is expected to enter phase 1 clinical trials in 2027, with Sanofi funding and leading further development and commercialization. The option triggered a $10 million milestone payment to Recursion, bringing total upfront and milestone payments under the collaboration to $144 million to date. Recursion remains eligible for more than $300 million in additional milestones under the program, with an average of low double-digit royalties on net product sales if approved. With the first development candidate optioned, the collaboration has now achieved six progress-based milestones across five programs.

Additional programs across the collaboration continue to advance. In 2027, other programs in the joint portfolio have the potential to reach development candidate and other progress-based milestones.