Ahead of the usual flurry of deal-making in January, Roche gets retinal cell therapy candidate from Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Pfizer subsidiary Amplyx licenses antiviral candidate to Vera, and GSK expands neurology tie-up with Ligand.

The UK computational medicines specialist is listing on the Euronext Amsterdam after linking up with healthcare-focused special purpose acquisition corporation Odyssey which is advised by former Sanofi CEO Olivier Brandicourt.

A US lawsuit accusing Sun Pharma’s Ranbaxy of violating racketeering and antitrust laws, thereby maintaining artificially inflated prices for three blockbuster drugs, is now set to go to trial in January next year, after a US district court in Massachusetts denied all motions for summary judgment.

There is momentum for Glenmark’s Ryaltris across new launch markets internationally, with FY2023 and FY2024 seen as important years for revenue scale-up. A partnered nitric oxide nasal spray for COVID-19 faces trial recruitment challenges in India but the firm hopes to be able to debut the product this year.