Nxera Pharma Co. Ltd. announced that it has reached an important R&D milestone under its multi-target discovery collaboration with AbbVie targeting neurological diseases, resulting in a payment of USD 10 million to Nxera. Nxera and AbbVie entered into this multi-target collaboration in 2022 to leverage Nxera's NxWave platform to discover, develop and commercialize new medicines targeting novel G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets associated with neurological disease.

Under the terms of the agreement, Nxera is eligible to receive up to USD 40 million in near-term research milestones, as well as further potential option, development and commercial milestones totaling up to USD 1.2 billion, plus tiered royalties on global sales.