Restructuring Edition: Kronos restructured and cut 19% of its workforce in November and now will cut 21% of its remaining jobs. Also, Gritstone cut 40% of its workforce after missing out on an expected external funding payment and Kineta implemented a 64% workforce reduction.

With help from Biomedtracker, Scrip takes a look at six drug candidates expecting pivotal data by the end of the year. The assets span a range of therapeutic areas, from ophthalmology to neurology, and are poised to become market firsts, rivals to dominant products or win important label expansions.

Executives share their expectations and hopes around the multi-faceted topic of patient access to medicines. From health inequities to value assessment and reimbursement trends, expectations for change abound.

Relay raises $400m to kick off July’s second big week of US initial public offerings. Also, Ocumension and Immunotech launch Hong Kong IPOs, Amgen invests $421m in BeiGene’s $2.08bn offering, Cytokinetics gets up to $400m in deal and investment funding, and Imvax closes $111m series C round.