Ropes & Gray Advises Black Diamond Therapeutics in Global Licensing Deal with Servier

In The News
March 19, 2025

Ropes & Gray represented Black Diamond Therapeutics in a global licensing agreement with French pharmaceutical company Servier for the development and commercialization of BDTX-4933, a therapy designed to target RAS and RAF alterations in solid tumors. The collaboration aims to advance the asset across multiple indications, including non-small cell lung cancer and other solid tumors. The agreement was announced on March 19.

Under the agreement, Servier will be responsible for the global development and commercialization of BDTX-4933. Black Diamond will receive an upfront payment of $70 million and is eligible for up to $710 million in milestone payments, along with tiered royalties on global net sales.

The Ropes & Gray team was led by life sciences licensing partner Abigail Gregor and IP transactions associate Esteban De La Torre and included litigation & enforcement partner Lisa Kaltenbrunner and litigation & enforcement associate Vincenzo Volpe.