Lantern, Avidity, Generation Bio and Vaxcyte launched initial public offerings during the second week of June as biopharma continues to intrigue IPO investors. Also, Blackstone invested $350m in Reata's bardoxolone and Checkmate’s $85m series C led recent VC deals. 

A Phase III trial design change could result in quicker patient access for Calliditas’s product candidate for Berger’s disease, and boost the growth potential for the Swedish biotech.

Fosmetpantotenate missed all endpoints in a Phase III trial, so Retrophin will shelve the candidate for the rare disease PKAN. Now, the biotech turns focus to Phase III sparsentan in a pair of indications.

Building on research by Dana-Farber professor Wayne Marasco, the partners are backing a bispecific approach to CAR-Ts in solid tumors. Seelos licenses a Parkinson’s gene therapy candidate from Duke.