Vanderbilt launches new biotech with Deerfield aimed at reworking the drug development paradigm, while also expanding its cancer research work with BI. Grunenthal partners with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven to investigate ion channel modulation approaches in pain.

Acquisition of gene therapy company Calimmune expands on CSL Behring's hematology franchise and fits rare disease business model, plus adds platform tech with wide application for CSL's portfolio.

Trek Therapeutics, a three-year old biotech founded by a group of virology veterans, is testing the conventional wisdom in seeking to carve out a potential $17 billion business in the hotly contested hepatitis C space.

Pipeline Watch has been updated to bring greater depth and detail to a potential therapeutic product’s progress through the R&D pipeline. The table brings you a snapshot of selected late-stage clinical trial events in the pharma and biotech industries.