Appointing executives from Endo in key positions, Strides' CEO has set up a team to deliver growth, though the impact of ranitidine withdrawal and COVID-19 will defer a revenue target of $800m. Meanwhile, Stelis Biopharma signals a shift in focus from biologics development to CDMO opportunities and is poised for a stock exchange listing. 

Pharma pays $50m up front to tap insitro’s in vitro modeling technology, partners with Sensyne Health in blood disorders. Lilly’s COVID-19 partner AbCellera teams with Kodiak in ophthalmology R&D.

BIIB112, the gene therapy candidate Biogen picked up in $877m acquisition of Nightstar, missed its primary endpoint in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. Phase III data for BIIB111, also from Nightstar, are expected soon.