Janssen Biotech adds to its bispecific antibody pipeline for cancer via pair of collaborations. Ipsen and Accent pair up to investigate new target for acute myeloid leukemia.

Mead Johnson pulls challenged claims before National Advertising Division began a review in its SWIFT process, but not before Nestlé Nutrition, which markets Gerber infant formula, submitted its challenge.

Public Company Edition: The pace of US initial public offerings slowed a bit in April and May but could ramp back up in June as biopharma investor sentiment rebounds. Also, drug developers continue to go public via SPAC mergers, most recently Valo Health with a $2.8bn post-deal valuation.

The European Medicines Agency has extended the time that Comirnaty can spend in a fridge after defrosting and could this week issue advice to member states on sotrovimab for use in COVID-19 patients. Norway’s BerGenBio has published top-line data from a Phase II trial of of bemcentinib, and IcanoMAB has outlined the potential of its anti-IL-1R7 antibody.