Bayer is relinquishing its Animal Health Unit to Elanco as the German major turns its focus more towards life sciences. The money received should help it pay down some Monsanto debt, but there are antitrust concerns.

PALM study stopped early after two agents being tested proved better than ZMapp, the current standard of care, in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One is being developed by Regeneron.

After a long wait, the top-line data for Pfizer’s RESET study of the investigational treatment for sickle cell disease disappoint. Shares in rivipansel’s originator GlycoMimetics halved on the news.

Revised agreement of 2016 collaboration returns all vopratelimab rights to Jounce. Gilead fortifies antiviral pipeline in deals with Novartis, Durect.

Companies pleased at gaining an EU accelerated assessment for a product should be aware that the agency offers no guarantee that they will get to keep it. Novartis’s Zolgensma is one of seven drugs whose review the EMA has taken off the fast track.