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ALLIANCES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
ALLIANCES [Abstract]  
ALLIANCES ALLIANCES
BMS enters into collaboration arrangements with third parties for the development and commercialization of certain products. Although each of these arrangements is unique in nature, both parties are active participants in the operating activities of the collaboration and exposed to significant risks and rewards depending on the commercial success of the activities. BMS refers to these collaborations as alliances, and its partners as alliance partners.

Selected financial information pertaining to alliances was as follows, including net product sales when BMS is the principal in the third-party customer sale for products subject to the alliance. Expenses summarized below do not include all amounts attributed to the activities for the products in the alliance, but only the payments between the alliance partners or the related amortization if the payments were deferred or capitalized.

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
Dollars in millions2025202420252024
Revenues from alliances:
Net product sales$3,755 $3,091 $11,110 $10,323 
Alliance revenues125 105 332 355 
Total alliance revenues$3,880 $3,196 $11,442 $10,678 
Payments to/(from) alliance partners:
Cost of products sold$1,851 $1,496 $5,466 $5,013 
Selling, general and administrative
(62)(76)(195)(220)
Research and development82 50 233 150 
Acquired IPRD 250 — 1,750 880 
Other (income)/expense, net11 (12)(11)(126)

Dollars in millionsSeptember 30,
2025
December 31,
2024
Selected alliance balance sheet information:
Receivables – from alliance partners$198 $221 
Accounts payable – to alliance partners2,141 1,578 
Deferred income – from alliances(a)
190 222 
(a) Includes unamortized upfront and milestone payments.

The nature, purpose, significant rights and obligations of the parties and specific accounting policy elections for each of the Company's significant alliances are discussed in the 2024 Form 10-K. Significant developments and updates related to alliances during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 are set forth below.

BioNTech

In June 2025, BMS and BioNTech entered into a global strategic collaboration for the co-development and co-commercialization of pumitamig (BNT327/BMS986545), a bispecific antibody targeting PD-L1 and VEGF-A, which is currently being evaluated in a Phase III clinical trial for ES-SCLC, Phase II/III clinical trials, including for NSCLC, and a Phase III clinical trial for TNBC. The companies will jointly develop and commercialize pumitamig as monotherapy and in combination with other assets. Both companies also have the right to independently develop pumitamig in further indications and combinations, including combinations of pumitamig with proprietary pipeline assets. Subject to certain exceptions, BMS and BioNTech will share equally in global profits and losses.

BMS made an upfront payment to BioNTech of $1.5 billion, which was recorded as Acquired IPRD during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. BioNTech will also receive $2.0 billion in aggregate of anniversary payments, which will be payable beginning in 2026 through 2028, provided that there is no prior termination of the agreement by BMS, and up to $7.6 billion of contingent development, regulatory and sales-based milestones.
SystImmune

BMS and SystImmune are parties to a global strategic collaboration for the co-development and co-commercialization of izalontamab brengitecan (iza-bren or BL-B01D1), a bispecific topoisomerase inhibitor-based antibody drug conjugate, which is currently being evaluated in Phase I clinical trials for metastatic or unresectable NSCLC and other tumor types as well as Phase II/III clinical trials for TNBC and other tumor types. BMS paid an upfront fee of $800 million, which was recorded as Acquired IPRD during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. BMS is also obligated to pay up to $7.6 billion upon the achievement of contingent development, regulatory and sales-based milestones. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, BMS recorded a $250 million charge as Acquired IPRD following the achievement of a development milestone under the arrangement.

The parties will jointly develop and commercialize iza-bren in the U.S. and share in the profits and losses. SystImmune will be responsible for the development, commercialization, and manufacturing in Mainland China and will be responsible for manufacturing certain drug supplies for outside of Mainland China, where BMS will receive a royalty on net sales. BMS will be responsible for the development and commercialization in the rest of the world, where SystImmune will receive a royalty on net sales.