Century Therapeutics brings in $250m for its cell therapy programs in a series A round, while immunotherapy specialist BioNTech sets a record for series B, raising $350m. Another five firms brought in rounds of $100m or greater...

Scrip spoke with Fred Cohen, who co-founded Vida Ventures with former Kite Pharma CEO Arie Belldegrun, about the venture capital firm's investment focus after raising its second fund in two years.

Private Company Edition: IPOs and M&A are returning money to investors, who are putting that money into new investments. Also, the mega-push in VC mega-rounds continues, including $105m for Kronos, and RA Capital raises it first VC fund.

Amgen revealed better-than-expected second quarter earnings July 26 and said its R&D and commercial heads Sean Harper and Anthony Hooper are retiring. Harper, who's getting involved with start-ups, is being replaced from within by David Reese; Bristol's Murdo Gordon will take over for Hooper.