CEO Mark McKenna (Prometheus Biosciences)

Prometheus Bio is ready for its close-up shot, fol­low­ing a $130M round to back IBD drugs now head­ed to the clin­ic

A lit­tle over a year ago, Take­da lined up a deal to col­lab­o­rate with a low-pro­file San Diego up­start called Prometheus Bio­sciences on a string of new drugs for in­flam­ma­to­ry bow­el dis­ease. The phar­ma play­er tossed an undis­closed up­front and up to $420 mil­lion in mile­stones to get the al­liance start­ed.

These days, pre­clin­i­cal deals are com­mon, mile­stones are hazy mark­ers of fi­nan­cial health and the pact didn’t get a lot of at­ten­tion. But that ob­scu­ri­ty should start to dis­si­pate this week.

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