New York biotech is partnering with researchers at Columbia, Kansas State and Southern Research to address the pandemic.

Private Company Edition: Deerfield is funding a new life science campus. Also, BioFractura gets up to $67.4m in BARDA contract in recent grant and government deal surge, Mission Bay raises a $60m fund and Amphivena closes a $62m VC round.

Irish biotech focused on Endobody vaccine candidates partners with Boston U. in CTE and U. of Texas in Alzheimer’s. Lupus Research Alliance affiliate will help Bristol conduct a Phase II trial of Tyk2 inhibitor in lupus.

Although near-term challenges have slowed growth in the market for left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), companies are developing new, less invasive VADs with improved pump designs to further improve patient outcomes and allow for a wider application of the therapy in treating heart failure. These next-generation VADs are fueling long-term optimism in the market for mechanical circulatory support, which remains one of the more attractive opportunities in the cardiovascular space.