Editas regains rights to ocular programs first partnered with Allergan in 2017. Newly public F-star will focus on bispecific antibodies for cancer, TriSalus acquires oncology candidate from Dynavax.

The French company's hopes of joining Aimmune's Palforzia on the peanut allergy market soon have been shattered after US regulators issued a complete response letter to its Viaskin Peanut patch. A lot now depends on how much work DBV will have to do to satisfy the FDA.

Second quarter performance was better than expected, but commercial weaknesses show the need for R&D wins and M&A deals as Tecfidera generics and aducanumab uncertainty weigh on the company.

With goal dates for almost 40 novel drugs and biologics coming up in the second half of 2020 after a record number of first half approvals, even the pandemic looks unlikely to prevent another solid year for innovative drugs at US FDA.