It is time for In Vivo's 13th annual Deals of the Year contest. We've selected 15 nominees in three categories – Top Alliance, Top Financing and Top M&A – and you get to pick the winners.

The J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference will be a virtual event but the industry's biggest business meeting will still lay the groundwork for the year ahead.

Private Company Watch: Neuron23, Neurogene and Locanabio each raised $100m or more, highlighting increased investor interest in novel approaches to neurological diseases. Also, CRO dMed raised $100m and MinervaX brought in $57m for its vaccine to protect newborns. 

When Greene made the decision to leave Alnylam, he was interested in working with a drug maker treating central nervous system diseases.