Emergent gets vaccines for cholera and typhoid fever in PaxVax buyout. By taking over the OvaScience shell to go public, Millendo expects to take lead candidate livelotide into a pivotal study early next year.

Asterias obtains IP estate related to ischemic stroke from University of California. Plus Apeiron, Qualigen, Biovaxys and AbbVie turn to academic partners for early-stage cancer assets.

Led by eight-week, pan-genotypic combo Mavyret, AbbVie’s HCV franchise grows despite a declining US market that has taken a toll on competitors Gilead and Merck. Still, AbbVie expects a falloff in the third quarter.

Chairman/CEO Saunders says the board has determined that keeping him in the dual role is the right move going forward. He added that the company, which had a strong second quarter, won’t be rushed in its efforts to divest its women’s health and infectious disease units.

Tibsovo is the second targeted therapy approved for a mutation-specific subset of relapsed/refractory AML patients. Agios discovered and jointly markets the first, Idhifa, with Celgene.