Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (Hengrui) sign a global collaboration and licensing agreement valued at up to $15.2 billion, according to multiple reports. Bloomberg and STAT describe the deal as covering early-stage development work that BMS uses to tap into efficiencies in China’s research pipeline. STAT adds that the partnership advances more than a dozen early-stage drugs. The South China Morning Post reports the agreement is for a global collaboration and licensing arrangement and notes it is worth up to $15.2 billion. The Next Web specifies that the pact includes 13 early-stage drug programmes across oncology, haematology and immunology, and that none of the drugs have entered human clinical trials. The outlets also report market reaction to the announcement, including gains in Hengrui shares in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Overall, the sources agree on the counterparties, the maximum deal value, and that the focus is early-stage drug programmes under a licensing and collaboration framework.