AlloVir/Baylor, Soligenix/Hawaii and CEL-SCI/Georgia ink coronavirus collaborations, but deal-making continues in other areas as well, including Asklepios/UNC teaming on a gene therapy for Angelman syndrome and DeMelle licensing a targeted pancreatic cancer drug from Moffitt, among others.

Five-year collaboration will analyze data from thousands of cancer patients to optimize immunotherapy treatment and develop PET imaging tracers to stratify clinical trial participants. Also, MD Anderson starts 2019 with three new agreements.

J&J’s Robert Urban explains how his organization’s efforts lead to partnerships with academia across a broad range of areas, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices and consumer products. Also, transactions occurring between Nov. 21 and Dec. 21, including the expansion and solidification of Editas Medicine’s IP estate in CRISPR technology.

Purdue will partner with Exicure to develop psoriasis therapies using the latter’s Spherical Nucleic Acid platform, while Sienna buys Creabilis to advance its psoriasis candidate to Phase III. Meanwhile, one focus of the Almirall/Nuevolution tie-up will be psoriatic arthritis.