Also, deals between Boehringer Ingelheim/Oxford BioTherapeutics, Bausch/Eyenovia, Ligand/HitGen, Moderna/Merck & Co., Vincera/Bayer, Genentech/Kineta, Selecta/IGAN, RedHill/AstraZeneca, Urovant/Sunovion, Biogen/Scribe, BridgeBio/Eidos, Elevar/Taiba

The Australian government is investing in two candidate vaccines being developed in Melbourne, French firm Avaxia is looking at the virucidal potential of an antibacterial compound, and Canada has ordered millions of specialist vials and syringes from an advanced materials science firm based in Alabama.

The integration of Fujifilm Wako Diagnostics USA adds in vitro diagnostic reagents and biomarkers to Fujifilm Medical System's portfolio of diagnostic solutions.

Having licensed rights to Movantik from AstraZeneca in February, RedHill has now offloaded EU rights to Cosmo. Calliditas to obtain PBC candidate in bid to acquire Genkyotex.